Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) will soon invite applications from students who want to check their answer scripts if they are not satisfied with the marks they have obtained in any subject in board examinations.
The online provision of rechecking the copies will be made soon by the JAC administration which is first of its kind arrangement being made by the examination conducting body since its inception.
Though the examination conducting body has the provision of revaluating the answer sheets of any candidate who have appeared in the board exams and have applied for rechecking process but as per the guidelines of the State board, students earlier were not allowed to see their answer scripts.
Candidates who have applied for the rechecking procedure were previously dependent on the subject teacher who used to just re-total the marks obtained in the specific subject and submit it to the board.
The decision has been taken by the council to even out several irregularities especially when it comes to marking system or tabulating the composite mark sheets. Following the guidelines of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and to maintain transparency, the State Board has considered to upload the answer sheets of the students who have applied for reevaluation on the official website of the State board.
“There is already a provision of reevaluating the answer scripts but in an attempt to maintain transparency, the board this year will make the answer scripts available on the JAC website as well. JAC administration is in the process of making the online provision for the convenience of the students who are not satisfied with the marks obtained. However, we have not decided any specific date for this arrangement yet,” said JAC Chairperson Arvind Prasad Singh.
This year approximately, 4.66 lakh students appeared in the Matric examination from across the State while 3.26 lakh candidates took the Inter examination in three different streams. The Matric and Inter results declared on May 30 have shown a declining trend so much so that the pass percentage in Matric exam this year has slashed down to 57.91 percent, the lowest in 12 years.
An official at JAC, requesting anonymity said that after publishing the revised results of both Matric and Inter on June 1, the State Board will soon make arrangement for rechecking answer scripts for which a website confirmation page will be generated separately after receiving online application from a student.
The scanned answer scripts of the students will be made available online. After this provision students can easily analyze their answer sheets and can apply to board for further correction without much hassle. Within 45 to 60 days time, online procedure of rechecking papers will get complete. The board will charge specific fees subject wise for reevaluating the answer scripts, said the official of JAC.