The annual matriculation and intermediate examination began on Wednesday amidst tight security arrangements across the State. As per officials of JAC, no incident of using ‘unfair means during examination’ was reported from any exam centre on the first day.
The matriculation exams began with the home science paper and will conclude with the mathematics paper. The intermediate exams started with vocational papers and will conclude with biology, geography, and business mathematics. Both Matric and Inter exams will conclude on March 9.
The first paper of the Matric exam was held from 9:45 AM to 1 PM while in the second sitting, Inter examination was conducted from 2 PM to 5:15 PM. Following the guidelines of the Central Boards, an additional 15 minutes is being given to the examinees since 2015.
“No incident of using any unfair mean during the board examination has been reported by any center superintendent on the first day. The examination was conducted peacefully under strict vigilance across the State in coordination with the respective district administration team. Also, the examinees did not face any confusion due to the change in the exam centre,” said JAC Chairperson, Arvind Prasad.
As many as 46 students appeared in the Home Science paper from the State Capital’s center -- KV High School – Metro Gali. Similarly, the number of students who took the examination of vocational subjects remained low.
As per the academicians, the examination of main subjects will begin from February 23; hence, the footfall of students on day one was comparatively less at the centers.
Besides, the State Capital, the number of exam centres has been increased in the East Singhbhum district to provide a better ambience to students and to reduce the risk of malpractices. East Singhbhum has registered 23,723 students across 70 centres in Matric and 20,380 students across 28 centres in intermediate, this year.
Besides, adopting all basic security measures for surveillance like installation of CCTV cameras at the centres, the council has come up with the facility of Composite Control Room for the assistance of board examinees. In case of any emergency, a student can contact on 74850-93433, 74850-93440 and 74850-93433. The composite control room will be made operational from 8 AM to 7PM.
Also, a toll-free number service —18003456523 has been released by JAC for students counseling.
This year, 4, 39, 892 students have been registered in class 10 while 3, 14, 832 students have been registered in the intermediate examination from across Jharkhand.
In accordance to the data released by the Academic Council, over 7, 54,724 students from across the State is appearing in the board examination, this year.
Over 80 observers have been deployed at various centers to avert unfair means. Besides the observers, the centre superintendents and the flying squads comprising the officials of JAC including the officials of district administration have been given the responsibility of peacefully conducting the exams at the demarcated centres.