Students celebrating their success in the SSC examination at Balmohan Vidyamandir in Dadar on Tuesday. Pics/Sayed Sameer Abedi, Rajesh Gupta

The competition just got tougher. This year, thanks to the additional marks that were granted to students who pursued sports or arts, when the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination were declared on Tuesday, several had hit a century and scored the impossible 100 per cent. However, as overall passing percentage has dropped by 0.82 per cent this year, despite the bonus marks, educationists have already expressed their concerns. For context: a total of 193 students from across the state scored 100 per cent.