Mumbai: The Mumbai division was at the bottom of the nine zones in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams for the second year in a row with a pass percentage of 88.13 per cent. Last year the Mumbai division recorded a success rate of 89.7%.
The exams held over a month beginning February 21 had the highest enrollment of 14.5 lakh students in the state since 2018. These students wrote their first public exams as their class 10 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) papers in 2021 were cancelled due to the pandemic. The rise in HSC enrolment has been attributed to the near cent per cent results in SSC 2021 when marks were allotted based on internal assessment.
Mumbai division has the maximum number of students. Konkan division, the smallest among the nine zones, had the highest pass percentage of 96.01%.
Students who could not clear all their papers will get another chance at the supplementary exams to be held in July-August. The dates will be announced later. Class Improvement Scheme exams for passed students to better their scores will also be held.
Despite the board initiating a copy-free campaign, over 240 cases of malpractice were reported across the state. A mathematics paper (science stream) leak on March 3 had the Mumbai crime branch investigating. In the Mumbai division, three copying cases were registered in Maths. Across the state, the figure was 43. Massive copying was also reported in subjects like Physics (50), Chemistry (43), languages (31), and biology (29) in the state.
The exams held over a month beginning February 21 had the highest enrollment of 14.5 lakh students in the state since 2018. These students wrote their first public exams as their class 10 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) papers in 2021 were cancelled due to the pandemic. The rise in HSC enrolment has been attributed to the near cent per cent results in SSC 2021 when marks were allotted based on internal assessment.
Mumbai division has the maximum number of students. Konkan division, the smallest among the nine zones, had the highest pass percentage of 96.01%.
Students who could not clear all their papers will get another chance at the supplementary exams to be held in July-August. The dates will be announced later. Class Improvement Scheme exams for passed students to better their scores will also be held.
Despite the board initiating a copy-free campaign, over 240 cases of malpractice were reported across the state. A mathematics paper (science stream) leak on March 3 had the Mumbai crime branch investigating. In the Mumbai division, three copying cases were registered in Maths. Across the state, the figure was 43. Massive copying was also reported in subjects like Physics (50), Chemistry (43), languages (31), and biology (29) in the state.
