Pune: An overall pass percentage of 81.32 was recorded in the results of Class X exam in Maharashtra, where girl students outperformed boys. The Class X (SSC) examination was conducted by Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in March and the results were announced on Wednesday.

The girls posted a pass percentage of 82.96, outscoring boys, who registered 79.90 per cent in the state-wide results in which the Konkan division of the SSC board topped with 93.94 per cent of successful candidates.

The Latur division was at the bottom of the division-wise results with a pass percentage of 69.01. The state pass percentage was estimated to be higher by 5 per cent as against the previous year.

The division-wise results announced by Sarjerao Jadhav, Board Chairman, are as follows: Konkan (93.94 per cent), Pune (90.71 per cent), Kolhapur (89.17 per cent), Mumbai (88.94 per cent), Nashik (77.07 per cent), Nagpur (74.55 per cent), Aurangabad (71.36 per cent), Amaravati (70.07 per cent) and Latur (69.01 per cent).

In Nashik division, a total of 1,80,779 students appeared in the examination, of which 1,39,322 were declared successful. The division comprises four districts of Nashik, Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar.

PTI