As the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education declared the much-awaited Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) result on Tuesday, one emotion that was expressed by most city colleges and students, was – ‘All’s well that ends well.’ With highly unprecedented conditions of online learning, then delay in the exam followed by uncertainty over whether it will be held, then stress over formula to be used for evaluation; the year was certainly full of chaos. But the outcome has definitely led to smiles.

The Maharashtra State Board recorded passing percentage of 99.63 in the HSC result, a huge jump from the previous year’s 87.69 per cent. For Mumbai division too, it is a huge jump in passing percentage from 89.39 per cent last year to 99.79 per cent this year. This year a total of 91,420 students have scored 90 per cent and above which is significantly higher than 7,344 last year.