Ranchi University former examination controller and Binod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University former Pro Vice Chancellor Prof Anil Kumar Mahto has been named as new Chairman of Jharkhand Academic Council. Mahto’s name was cleared through a lottery system from the list of three names including Dr Usha Kiran and Dr Shabbir Hussain. Education Minister Jagarnnath Mahto announced the names of Mahto. Education minister Mahto said that the new chairman has been given all power and the appointment of new chairman will accelerate the pending works of Jharkhand Academic Council. The tenure of the new chairman of JAC will be for three years.
The State Government also named Prof Vinod Singh as deputy chairman of JAC. JAC has been running headless since the end of former chairperson Arvind Prasad Singh’s tenure in September. Phool Singh, the Vice Chairman of JAC too, ended in September this year.
The appointment of two heads at JAC will speed up the pending work of the State examination body as JAC has decided to conduct the first term of board exams for class 10 and class 12 exams, in December 2021. The council has already started preparations for the exams and a detailed date sheet is expected to be released by the end of the week on JAC’s official website jac.nic.in.
Due to non-appointment of JAC heads, the staff of the examination body were also not getting salaries on time. JAC employees, including pension holders, were protesting bringing the work of the office to a standstill.