2,288 city students score 90+

Mumbai/Pune: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) declared the results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations Wednesday afternoon. 2,288 students in the Mumbai division have scored 90 per cent or above. With 88.41 per cent students clearing the class 12 board examinations in the state, the girls, once again have outdone the boys by 6.66 per cent. Out of the 3 lakh students who appeared in the Mumbai division, 87.44 per cent have cleared their exams.

Mansi Sarawata from Navneet Education Society, Mumbai Central, scored 96.15 per cent and is from the science stream. Mansi is followed by Swetha Chiliveri of Parel’s MD College, who scored 95.54 per cent. Khushi Bheda of Ruia College stood first in her college by scoring 93.38 per cent in the arts stream. Ishika Jain of Jai Hind College, Churchgate, topped in college by scoring 94.30 per cent; she is from the commerce stream.

While science students want to go for engineering or technology, students from the arts stream would like to pursue psychology. Khushi Bheda, wants to do her masters in pschology while Hasti Vora of Jai Hind College, who scored 92.61 and bagged second position in her school, would love to do a Bachelors in Arts (B.A.) after HSC.

“My percentage (93.38) is beyond my expectations and I’m really thankful to my parents who never pressurised me for anything,” Khushi said.

Talking to this newspaper, Hasti Vora said, “I don’t believe in mugging up and neither did I go to any coaching classes. I would love to do BA or BMM (Mass-Media) after this, but nothing is final as of now.”

Meanwhile, Mansi Sarawata wants to do engineering or go to IIT to study more. “I used to find chemistry lengthy so I started preparing for the subject much before any other subject. Apart from chemistry, I scored 99 out of 100 in mathematics,” she said. Swetha Chiliveri wants to go for B.Tech in electronics and telecommunication after her class 12. “Physics used to be difficult for me initially but the way my professor taught me, I started addressing each and every calculation or theory in a way that I automatically got ways to solve it. I am in love with calculations now and so I wish to take it further,” Swetha said.

MSBSHSE conducted HSC exams at nine divisions and examinations in 210 subjects were conducted. 3,199 students were awarded marks under the sports section. The board, since 2015-16, gives students marks based on their performance in sports i.e. 15 for state level, 20 for national level and 25 for international level students.

Shakuntala Kale, chairman, MSBSHSE, said, “Students who have failed can appear for supplementary exams to be held in July-August 2018.”