99.63 per cent Maharashtra board students pass HSC

As the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education declared the muchawaited Higher Secondary Certificate HSC result on Tuesday one emotion that was expressed by most city colleges and students was ndash lsquoAllrsquos well that ends wellrsquo 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 smilesThe Maharashtra State Board recorded passing percentage of 9963 in the HSC result a huge jump from the previous yearrsquos 8769 per cent For Mumbai division too it is a huge jump in passing percentage from 8939 per cent last year to 9979 per cent this year This year a total of 91420 students have scored 90 per cent and above which is significantly higher than 7344 last year ldquoSome students might have had disadvantages if they did not do well in std XI as the HSC result was compilation of marks from stds X XI and XII but overall most students have done well If there was no honesty and transparency in evaluation all would have scored 100 and above Considering the pandemic everybody has done really wellrdquo said Dr Ashok Wadia principal of Jai Hind College ChurchgateAlso read Maharashtra HSC results 2021 Class 12 scores announced check hereAt Wadia college in the Commerce stream 35 students scored above 95 per cent and 232 have scored above 90 In the Science stream 17 scored above 95 per cent and 89 got above 90 per cent In Arts 67 scored above 95 per cent and 155 above 90 per cent This year many colleges are seeing a significant number of students scoring above 90 percent At R A Podar College in Matunga 50 students scored above 95 per cent and 266 scored above 90 per cent The story is similar at most city collegesDr Shobna Vasudevan principal of R A Podar College said ldquoThis should be an eyeopening year in terms of patterns of evaluation This year shows consistency in academics is most important Students need to understand the importance of sustainable effortsrdquoEchoing the view Dr Parag Ajgaonkar principal of N M College said ldquoThis has been a really challenging year academically as well as personally for students with the pandemic conditionsrdquoAmong high scorersScience Two students from Ramnivas Ruia Junior College ndash Arya Dubal and Anish Joshi have scored an identical score of 9933 per cent While Dubal is from the General Science stream Joshi is from the vocational Science stream ldquoIt has been a very stressful year with all the uncertainty and confusion But the outcome is well Thankfully I was consistent in academics in std XI too That has helpedrdquo said Arya a musician at heart A professionally trained keyboard and guitar player Arya has already appeared for JEEAnish wants to become an engineer and is aspiring for a seat in IIT The son of an engineer father Anish was always inclined toward mathematics and science ldquoI was expecting above 90 per cent but this score is certainly a delightrdquo said AnishCommerce Maitreyi Salvi from R A Podar College and Celeste Pereira from N M College both scored 985 per cent ldquoTeachers gave us the idea that we may not know whether there will be an exam so we should treat all exams as final exams This is an eyeopening year in terms of how academics is not one final examrdquo said MaitreyiFor Celeste no academic year is taken for granted ldquoFrom the beginning of school I have always focused on getting a good score I would feel sad if it was an A instead of A Consistency is the key There is no option for hard workrdquoArts Pooja Nayak from Jai Hind College in Churchgate scored 99 per cent ldquoAll credit goes to teachers for not only adapting well to the new online format but also for continuous evaluation Fortunately I have been a dedicated student in all academic years including std XI which many take casually so it helped in getting the good score in HSCrdquo said the aspiring lawyer Other figuresIn Maharashtra out of 1319754 students whose marks were obtained for HSC result 1314965 have passed recording a passing percentage of 9963 per centIn Mumbai Division out of a total of 294090 students whose marks were obtained 293579 have passed recording passing percentage of 9979 per cent Mumbai division ranks fourth in a total of 9 divisions 4 The rank of Mumbai Division in the results