Girls outperformed boys in the Maharashtra Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC-Class 12) examination, the results of which were declared

Girls outshined boys in the Maharashtra Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC-Class 12) examination, the results of which were declared here on Thursday.

According to the report, total 90.66 per cent students passed this year. The pass percentage of girls was 93.88 per cent while that of boys was 88.04 per cent, it said.

ResultsTotal 14,20,575 students registered for the exam. Out of them, 14,13,687 students appeared and 12,81,712 passed the exams, it said.

The pass percentage for the science stream stood at 96.93, while that for arts, commerce and vocational streams was 82.63, 91.27 and 95.07, respectively.