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Hindustan Times
14-05-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
SSC results: 211 students score 100%, cut-offs set to rise in top Pune colleges
The Maharashtra State Board's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) results have recorded a sharp rise in perfect scorers this year, with 211 students scoring 100% marks, up from 187 last year. The spike in top scores is expected to push Class 11 admission cut-offs higher, particularly in prominent junior colleges in cities like Pune and Mumbai. Latur division has once again asserted its dominance, contributing 113 students to the list of perfect scorers. Pune division reported 13 students with 100%, followed by Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (40), Mumbai (8), Kolhapur (12), Amravati (11), Nagpur (3), Konkan (9) and Nashik (2). While Latur's tally dipped slightly from 123 last year, it has retained its top position. The overall performance has improved significantly, with 81,809 students scoring above 90%, a development that will intensify competition for seats in top science and commerce colleges. In addition, 1,11,878 students scored between 85% and 90%, 1,39,000 between 80% and 85%, and 1,56,375 between 75% and 80%. A sizable number—3,71,820 students—scored between 45% and 60%. Anjali Deshmukh, education expert, said the steep rise in high scorers will directly impact admissions. 'The sharp increase in 90+ per cent scorers will undoubtedly push up cut-offs. Prestigious colleges in cities like Pune will have to revise their admission criteria. This could lead to stress among students in the mid-to-high 80s, a range that was earlier considered excellent,' she said. Prof Ramesh Kanjani, principal of a reputed junior college in Pune, said the jump this year could be steeper than usual. 'Every year we see cut-offs inching up, but this year the rise could be dramatic due to the sheer number of students in the 90–99% bracket. Parents and students should prepare for tougher competition. It's also time policymakers rethink how to make the admission process more fair and transparent.' Among the 100 per cent scorers is Ravi Prasad Namjoshi, a Class 10 student of DES MS Golwalkar Guruji School in Pune. 'Scoring full marks still feels unreal. It's the result of consistent effort, disciplined study hours and support from my teachers and family,' said Ravi. 'I made it a point to understand concepts deeply instead of just memorising them. Solving past papers, regular revisions and staying calm during the exams helped. I hope to pursue science in Class 11 and aim for a career in research. This result has given me the confidence to dream bigger,' he said.
Time of India
05-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
Drop in arts, ITI success rates brings Maha HSC performance down by 1.5%; Pune division drops to sixth position
Pune: A five per cent decline in the arts students' success rate led to a drop in the overall performance in this year's HSC (Std XII) examinations, results of which were declared by Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Monday. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Apart from arts, vocational and ITI streams recorded a 3-5% drop in the success rate, Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education chairperson Sharad Gosavi said while announcing the results at the board's head office in Pune. The state logged a 91.88% success rate in the 2025 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations, a 1.5% decline from last year's results. Among the nine divisional boards, Konkan division topped the HSC results with a 96.7 pass percentage by virtue of having the least number of students appearing for the exam, followed by Kolhapur (93.6) and Mumbai (92.9). Latur, which used to dominate the board results, was at the bottom of the chart this time (89.4%). With a pass percentage of 92.2, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division performed better than Amravati's 91.4. Both Pune and Nashik registered 91.3% success rate. Pune's ranking dropped to the sixth position from the third spot last year. Gosavi said: "In continuation with last two years' trend, students are more inclined towards science and commerce primarily because of more opportunities and options available after Class XII. We need to analyse the decline in pass percentages for arts and other streams." College principals are also looking into possible causes leading to the decline in the art stream pass percentage. SP College principal Sunil Gaikwad said: "Students pursuing arts stream these days are niche, and most of them go for competitive examinations. The arts stream results in the state were a bit down this time. But our college students did very well. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now In fact, we have noticed that there is a good demand for subjects such as sociology and political science, among others. These subjects are necessary for preparations to crack competitive examinations." Principal of Modern College of Arts Science and Commerce, Ganeshkhind, Sanjay Kharat, said: "The drop in arts results is surprising and also worrisome. One apparent reason is the strict assessment by the board moderators. It's a good sign that they have not tried to unnecessarily inflate the marks. At the same time, we will need more economists, sociologists and humanities experts in the future. With these kinds of results, we might lose out on these professionals." More than 14 lakh students appeared for the examinations held in March, and 13.02 lakh passed. Girls outperformed boys again, with a pass percentage of 94.6 as against 89.5 among the boys. The number of students scoring more than 90% reduced to 8,352 this year from 8,782 in 2024. The board this year declared the HSC examination results at least 20 days earlier than usual. Gosavi said: "We started the examinations early, and there was no boycott call from teachers' unions on checking of papers. The entire process was smooth, allowing us to announce the results on time." Over 20,000 students who excelled in extracurricular activities were awarded grace marks. At least 42,388 students re-appeared for the exam (repeaters), and their pass percentage was 37.6. From the nine divisions, 7,258 physically challenged students registered for the examinations and 6,705 (92.3%) passed. Board chairperson Gosavi said: "We need to analyse the decline in pass percentages for arts and other streams. The enrolment in vocational education increased this year. Senior colleges and universities will now take it forward with the admission process, and students can apply for the courses accordingly.\
