mumbai even as the state board recorded its bestever performance in secondary school certificate ssc exam at 964barring 2021 when exams were not conducted the 90 club has shrunk to 83060 this time from 1 lakh last year and even the number of perfect 100 scorers has halved to 122 from two years ago in the mumbai division too 10764 class x students scored 90 and abovea drop from 14756 in 2020 and 15540 in 2021 this is likely to have an impact on admissions to toprung city collegesthe 16lakh students had attended physical school only for about 45 days in the past two years exams were based on 75 syllabus and students were given 1530 minutes extra to make up for loss of writing practicemumbai division with a success rate of 961 dropped to the seventh position from fourth last year but bettered its results over previous years both mumbai division it includes mumbai city and suburbs thane raigad and palgharand the state saw a 3 rise in their results compared to 2020 konkan with only 31536 students recorded the best results among the nine divisions whereas nashik and aurangabad were at the bottom of the list even this year latur managed to get a lions share of cent percenters in the state mumbai had to be content with only one student getting the perfect score girls outperformed the boys in the state with a success rate of 975 for results the state board considers the best scores in five of the six subjects with students writing the exams from their own schools for the first time 12210 schools recorded cent per cent results up 46 from 2020 the corresponding number from mumbai stood at 1965sharad gosavi chairperson of the state board admitted the quality is compromised as a result of the improved success rate lesser students are getting high scores but at least we are ensuring that students stay in the flow of education because more students are clearing the examination said gosavi the national education policy says that exam pressure upon students must be reduced and educators and teachers should ensure that students continue to learn and take up higher education so if the success rate is crossing 95 consistently then it is a progressive sign this pattern is seen across the nation and not just in maharashtra the evaluation process is based on a comprehensive and continuous method which is reflected in the results this year gosavi added the results include the performance of freshers and repeaters the boards decision to allow students to write exams in their own schools took away their stress and that is reflected in the results said sherly paul principal of m a high school andheri the results are proof of the assessment being liberal and the board taking a sympathetic approach due to the covid19 pandemic said errick elavia principal lady engineer school tardeo three schools in the mumbai division which includes mumbai city and suburbs thane raigad and palghar