The matriculation (matric) and intermediate (inter) examinations, conducted by Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) which began on Friday, was conducted peacefully across the State.
According to JAC chairperson Anand Bhushan, who inspected some of the schools, the exams were conducted without any kind of trouble at around 895 centre for matric and 408 centres for intermediate exam across the State. Notably, matriculation exams are being held in the first-half and intermediate exams are conducted in the second half. Matric exams will conclude by March 7. Inter exam will end by March 13.
According to Ranchi District Education Officer SC Marandi, no report of ‘cheating’ was reported from any of the centres. As many as 42685 out of 43092 students appeared for matriculation Hindi Course A and B examination across 108 exam centres here. In intermediate examinations, 8342 out of 8536 students appeared for Sociology and 1541 out of 1570 students appeared for Geology across 36 allotted centres.
The maximum number of handicapped students appeared from St Margaret Girl’s High School, Bahubazaar. “10 specially abled students of St Michael Blind School, Bahubazaar wrote their exam in St Margaret as it is near to their school,” said Marandi. In Bokaro nearly 73,391 students appeared for the matriculation and 22,359 for the intermediate examinations. In Giridih district, 29,891 students wrote their matriculation papers at 42 examination centers, while in the intermediate examinations 16,447 students appeared at 19 centres. Here too, the examinations started peacefully with no reports of any disturbance.
On Saturday, the matric and inter examination for Music subjects are scheduled. The inter exam for Economics subject is also scheduled on this date. JAC sources said that there has been a rise of 35,000 students in matric exam and 8,000 students in inter exam this year compared to previous academic sessions.