The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) announced the results for class XII board examination on July 17. In all the three streams- Science, Commerce and Arts girls have outshined boys.
In science 61.73 per cent girls have passed as against 57.72 per cent boys. In commerce too girls have scored better than boys by a margin of 13 per cent where 84.73 per cent girls have passed and only 71.6 per cent boys. In arts, the pass percentage of girls is 84.20 per cent in comparison to 79.94 per cent boys.
As per the data provided by the board, a total of 2,34,548 students were registered to take the exam across the State where as only 2,31,300 appeared for it. In the science stream 58.99 per cent have cleared the exam while 77.37 per cent and 82.53 per cent have cleared the exam in commerce and arts respectively.
“I would like to congratulate all the students who passed the exams. As compared to last year, there has been a slight improvement in the results this time. It is due of the untiring effort of all the students and teachers because of which the students have passed the
exams with flying colours,” said JAC Chairperson Arvind Prasad Singh.
Out of the 24 districts, in science, the pass percentage is highest at Hazaribag with 72.67 per cent while the lowest has been at Pakur with 37.10 per cent. The pass per cent of Ranchi was 57.32 per cent. In commerce Lohardaga recorded a pass percentage of 95.09 per cent while Sabihganj was at 43.13 per cent. Simdega recorded the highest pass percentage in arts with 97.43 per cent while Chatra was at 53.50 per cent. The pass percentage of the State capital for commerce and arts was 83.77 per cent and 90.96 per cent respectively.
The results were declared on Friday evening at jac.jharkhand.gov.in and jacresults.com. The results were declared after a delay of two months due to the imposed lockdown while last year they had been announced my mid May.
This year, JAC had successfully conducted the exams from February 11 to February 28 and the papers were due to be marked from March 20 onwards. The valuation process for the annual matriculate and intermediate examination was started on May 28. More than 9,000 teachers had been appointed by the State’s examination conducting body in 67 centres across 19 districts to evaluate the answer sheets.
At all the centres social distancing norms were strictly adhered to. CCTV cameras had also been installed to ensure all necessary protocols were followed.