Despite witnessing a sharp fall in overall Secondary School Certificate (SSC) pass percentages this year amid stricter anti-copying measures, Latur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar divisions still produced over 70 per cent of Maharashtra’s perfect scorers. Of the 179 students statewide who secured 100 per cent marks in the SSC 2026 examination, 128 were from the two Marathwada divisions, despite both ranking among the state’s worst-performing regions in overall results.

Latur’s pass percentage dropped from 92.77 percent last year to 88.42 percent, whereas Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar saw a fall from 92.82 percent to 88.41 percent.…