Of the 6.32 lakh students who appeared in the Maharashtra Scholarship Examination in August last year, 14.20 per cent have qualified from class V and VIII, out of which 24,986 will get scholarships.
The final result was released by the Maharashtra State Council of Examinations on Friday.
A total of 3,37,370 candidates of classes V to VIII and 2,10,338 candidates of class VIII appeared in the scholarship examination, of which 57,334 (16.99 per cent) and 23,962 (11.39 per cent) passed the examination. Out of these, 14,250 candidates of class V and 10,736 of class VIII will get scholarship as per the final merit list.
Last year the interim result of the scholarship exam was declared on November 24, but the final result was not declared even after a month. Later, a list was circulated on social media, which was allegedly leaked from the website of the scholarship examination website, but this was not confirmed.
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