School Education Minister Rajendra Darda told reporters that 79.60 per cent girls and 70.32 per cent boys passed the examination.
A total of 11,43,135 students appeared for the exams, out of which 8,51,206 passed, he said.
The percentage of passing this year was 74.46 as compared to last year's 70.69 per cent. The number of students who passed in first class was 2,32,872, he said.
After formation of Konkan Board, in first exam the pass percentage in state stood at 86.25 per cent.
In Mumbai board, 957 students got more than 90 per cent marks, while 11,889 got more than 80 per cent marks.
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