Mumbai: The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) results have thrown up many success stories. One of them is that of Navi Mumbai resident Anurag Thombre, who, despite being afflicted with cerebral palsy, scored 63.5%.
A student of Mahatma School of Academics and Sports, Mr. Thombre was diagnosed with the disorder when he was three months old. Earlier this year, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education allowed him to type out his answers on a laptop. He chose to keying in himself instead of getting a writer. “I had to study a lot. But it was fun typing out my papers,” Mr. Thombre said.
Simrita Janakiraman from PACE Junior Science College, Andheri, was among the top scorers in Mumbai with 96.92%. “I had never thought about the outcome while preparing for the exams. I just focused on putting in the effort. Though I had told my parents I would score somewhere in the 90s, I didn’t expect to score so high,” she said. She has already written the entrance exam for engineering and is awaiting the results.
The total pass percentage in Maharashtra this year is 88.41%. While 14,16,986 students appeared for the examinations, 12,52,817 passed. Compared to last year, the pass percentage dropped by 1.09% this year.
Mumbai saw a pass percentage of 87.44%, with 2,72,518 students appearing for the exams and 2,288 students scoring 90% and above.
The overall pass percentage in Mithibai College is at 99.48%, with a 99.24% pass rate in science, 99.58% in arts, and 99.62% in commerce. “The overall performance has marginally improved from last year’s. Even the number of students with 90% and above has gone up,” principal Rajpal Hande said.
He also said 43 commerce students, 15 arts students, and 14 science students have scored above 90%. Avadh Babaria topped the science stream with 95.5%, followed by Veenali Newalkar with 94.92%, and Sneha Watwe with 94.62%.
Arts topper Harshvi Pandya secured 94.15%, while the second ranker, Henisha Jethva, got 92.92%, and Shreya Srinivasan grabbed the third position with 92.46%.
Ronak Chaturvedi topped in the commerce stream with 94%. The second position was secured by Rishika Agarwal with 93.23%, and the third spot went to Prishita Sanghavi, who scored 92.92%.
At KC College, Akshat Shah secured 95.69% and topped the science stream, followed by Raj Shah with 95.54% and Samit Kapadia with 94.77%.
“While studying for my common entrance test, I was able to cover my 12th portion, so exams were not a burden. I did work very hard and it paid off. I want to join VJIT and pursue computer engineering,” Mr. Shah said.
Wajida Shaikh topped the arts stream with 93.08%, with Fatema Dalal and Vishnuja Nambiar following at 91.69% and 91.23%. In the commerce stream, Saloni Shah scored 93.69, Pranav Bahl and Nikita Rajak secured 93.23%, and Virtue Jain got 93.08%.
Hemlata Bagla, principal of the college, said the commerce stream has given a 100% pass rate. “Even the arts stream has improved with three students scoring 90% and above. In science, the number of students who scored above 90% has gone up,” she said.
At Jai Hind college, Anushka Vora and Hasti Vora shared the first rank at 92.61% in arts. Rishabh Shah topped the science stream with 93.23%, while Ishika Jain scored 94.3% in commerce.
Chetan Naik of Ramnivas Ruia college secured the first position in science with 94.15%. Archit Devarajan and Soham Shinde held the second spot with 94%. In the arts stream, Khushi Bheda topped with 93.38%, followed by Kalyani Sathe with 92%.
At Mulund College of Commerce, Neha Salvi secured the top position with 95.07%, while Swetha Chiliveri topped in science at Maharshi Dayanand (MD) College, Parel, with 95.84%.
Vice principal Nisha Kumar, MD college, said the performance has improved considerably as compared to last year’s. The college saw an overall pass percentage of 87.18%.
