About Maharashtra Board of Higher Secondary Education

Maharashtra State Board of SSC and HSC Education, Pune is an autonomous education board recognised under the provisions of Maharashtra Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Boards Act in 1965. The Maharashtra Education Board conducts the HSC and SSC Examinations i.e. Class 12^th and Class 10^th board examinations in the state. Moreover, the board provides online preparation portal to students of Maharashtra state who will be appearing for entrance exams like Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MH CET), Joint Entrance Exam (JEE for IIT admissions) and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).

Features of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE):

• The MSBSHSE has 9 Divisional Boards under it that are located in Pune, Mumbai, Aurangabad, Nasik, Kolhapur, Amravati, Latur, Nagpur and Ratnagiri
• The Maharashtra Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board conduct Class 12^th and Class 10^th board examination in February -March every year
• More than 14 lakh students for Higher Secondary and around 17 lakh students appear for SSC level of examination
• Moreover, around six lakh students take supplementary examination for both HSC and SSC
• As many as 21000 schools for secondary and 7000 schools for Higher Sec. Schools / Junior colleges are affiliated to MSBSHSE

Maharashtra Board HSC Statistics–

The MSBSHSE statistics for higher secondary are available for each region, gender –wise as well as for each stream i.e. Science, Commerce and Humanities. These statistics show how the students of Maharashtra state perform in Class 12^th level. Check below the statistics for Maharashtra Board HSC examinations for past years –

• Grade-wise, division-wise performance of candidates
• Division and gender-wise performance of candidates (fresh)
• Overall performance of the candidates (fresh)
• Overall subject wise passing statistics
• Stream wise-division wise performance of candidates (fresh)

Science:

Commerce:

Arts:

Vocational:

Maharashtra Board HSC syllabus –

The board has prescribed syllabus for higher secondary level education. The Maharashtra Board HSC syllabus is available for all streams and for each subject of Class 11^th and Class 12^th level.  The syllabus of Maharashtra Board HSC mentions the topics to be studied by students in Class 11^th and Class 12^th.  

• For designing the syllabus of Higher Secondary i.e. Class 11^th and Class 12^th, MSBSHSE has considered syllabuses of different states like Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal.
• Moreover, the syllabuses of NCERT, CBSE and ICSE were also studied and then the board decided and prescribed the HSC syllabus.
• The Maharashtra Board HSC syllabus comprises of subjects as under–

Compulsory Subjects i.e. English, Environment Education, Health and Physical Education

Modern Indian Languages i.e. Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Sindhi, Bengali, Punjabi

Modern Foreign Languages i.e. German, French, Russian, Japanese

Classical Languages i.e. Sanskrit, Pali, Ardhamagadhi, Persian, Arabic, Avesta-Pahlavi

Elective Subjects i.e. A Modern Indian Language, A Modern Foreign Language, A Classical Language, Marathi Literature, Marathi Literature, Hindi (Applied), English Literature, History, Geography, Mathematics and Statistics (For Arts and Science), Mathematics and Statistics (For Commerce), Geology, Political Science, Political Science, Home Management (for Class 11^th only), Food Science (for Class 11^th only), Child Development (Class 12^th only), Textiles, Sociology, Logic, Philosophy, Psychology, Economics, Book-keeping and Accountancy, Organization of Commerce and Management, Secretarial Practice, Co-operation, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Drawing, Design and Colour, Pictorial Composition, History of Art and Appreciation, History and Development of Indian Music, Vocal Light Music, Vocal Classical Music, Instrumental Music, Percussion Instruments, Agriculture Science & Technology, Animal Science & Technology, Defence Studies, Education, Occupational Orientation (Library and Information Science and Stenography in English and Marathi, Information Technology (Science), Information Technology (Arts), Information Technology (Commerce), General Knowledge (for Military schools)

Scheme of subjects for MSBSHSE Higher Secondary Education–

The scheme of Subjects for Higher Secondary level of Maharashtra education board is –

• 3 Compulsory subjects i.e. English, Environment Education, Health and Physical Education
• Any 4 of the Elective subjects

Medium of Instructions for MSBSHSE Higher Secondary Education –

The schools affiliated to Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Senior Secondary Education can adopt any of the following languages as medium of instructions for imparting education to students –

1. English
2. Marathi
3. Hindi
4. Gujarati
5. Urdu
6. Sindhi
7. Kannada

MSBSHSE Higher Secondary Education Passing Marks –

As per the passing criteria for Maharashtra board, students need to obtain at least 35 marks in each of the seven subjects for higher secondary level.

MSBSHSE Higher Secondary Stream-wise Subjects Combination list

Maharashtra Board Class 12^th Science stream subjects:

A) Compulsory Subjects -

1. English
2. Modern Indian Language or Modern Foreign Language or Classical Language
3. Environment Education
4. Health and Physical Education

B) Elective Subjects –

1. Mathematics and Statistics
2. Geology
3. Home Management (for Standard XI only)
4. Food Science (for Standard XI only)
5. Child Development (for Standard XII only)
6. Textile (for Std. XII only)
7. Psychology
8. Economics
9. Geography
10. Defence-Studies
11. Physics
12. Chemistry
13. Biology
14. Agriculture Science and Technology
15. Animal Science and Technology
16. Sociology
17. Sanskrit
18. Education
19. Information Technology
20. English literature

Maharashtra Board Class 12^th Commerce stream subjects:

A) Compulsory Subjects -

1. English
2. Modern Indian Language or Modern Foreign Language or Classical Language
3. Environment Education
4. Health and Physical Education

B) Elective Subjects –

1. Mathematics and Statistics
2. Economics
3. Geography
4. Book-keeping and Accountancy
5. Organisation of Commerce and Management
6. Secretarial Practice
7. Co-operation
8. Occupational Orientation
9. Defence Studies
10. Information Technology
11. English Literature

Maharashtra Board Class 12^th Arts stream subjects:

A) Compulsory Subjects -

1. English
2. Modern Indian Language or Modern Foreign Language or Classical Language
3. Environment Education
4. Health and Physical Education

B) Elective Subjects –

1. A Modern Indian Language
2. A Modern Foreign Language
3. Sanstrit
4. Ardhamagadhi
5. Pali
6. Arabic
7. Persian
8. Avesta-Pahlavi
9. History
10. Geography
11. Mathematics and Statistics
12. Political Science
13. Home Management (for Standard XI only)
14. Food Science (for Standard XI only)
15. Child Development (for Standard XII only)
16. Textile (for Standard XII only)
17. Sociology
18. Philosophy
19. Logic
20. Psychology
21. Economics
22. Defence Studies
23. Drawing
24. Design and Colour
25. Composition
26. History of Art & Appreciation
27. History and Development of Indian Music
28. Vocal Light Music (Practical I)
29. Vocal Classical Music (Practical II)
30. Instrumental Music (Practical III) OR Percussion
31. European Music
32. Historical Development of Indian Classical Dance
33. Book-Keeping & Accountancy
34. Co-operation Education
35. Occupational Orientation
36. Information Technology
37. English Literature