Students celebrate after the Maharashtra State Board Class 10 examination in Nagpur on Friday. | Photo credit: ANI
The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) on Friday announced the results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination 2026, with 92.02% candidates passing. The success rate has fallen for the third year in a row.
The SSC exam has seen a drop in the pass percentage compared to the previous three years. In 2025, the success rate was 94.10%; in 2024 it was 95.81%; and in 2023 it was 93.83% according to MSBSHSE.
A total of 15,55,026 students appeared for the exam from nine divisional boards of the state – Pune, Nagpur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Mumbai, Kolhapur, Amravati, Nashik, Latur and Konkan. Out of them 15,42,472 students appeared for the exam and 14,20,486 passed.
Maharashtra Education Minister Dada Bhuse congratulated the successful candidates and said, “These students are the future of Maharashtra.” To the students who failed the exam, he said, “The result of one examination cannot determine your whole life or your intelligence. This is the first step. Do not be discouraged and try again. Since there is an opportunity to retake, take advantage of it.”
Girls outnumber boys
Girls outperformed boys in the exam, with the pass percentage for girls being 5.40 percentage points higher than that of boys.
Out of 7,22,045 girls who appeared for the exam, 6,85,672 passed and recorded a pass percentage of 94.96. Among boys, 7,34,814 out of 8,20,427 candidates passed, resulting in a pass percentage of 89.56.
The Konkan division is at the head of the state
Konkan division recorded the highest pass percentage among regular students at 97.62 while Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division recorded the lowest at 88.41.
Among other divisions, Kolhapur recorded a pass percentage of 95.47, followed by Mumbai (94.97), Pune (94.24), Nashik (90.53), Amravati (90.50), Nagpur (89.07) and Latur (88.42).
Among the students who passed the examination, 27.41% secured first division with distinction, 31.26% secured first division, 24.66% secured second division and 8.75% passed in the pass category.
Published – 08 May 2026 23:57 IST
