The annual matriculation and intermediate examination conducted by the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) will commence from February 11 across the State.
On the first day, in the first sitting class X exams will commence with the subjects commerce, home science from 9:45 am to 1 pm while IIT, ITS, HEL, MAE, SEC, RET, BAW and TAT will take place from 9:45 am to 12:30 pm. In the second sitting, the intermediate exams will take place from 2 pm to 5:15 pm with vocational subjects like I.A, I.Sc and I. Com.
As many as 3,87,021 students will take the class X exam across 940 centres while 2.38.363 students will appear for the class XII boards in 470 centres. The first 15 minutes are given by the board for reading the question paper. The practical exams were conducted from January 27 to February 8.
“As compared to last year, for both class X and class XII boards approximately 40,000 students are less in number this year.
This is primarily because board exams were conducted for class IX and class XI and those who did not clear the exams were denied promotion.
The council has been conducting board exams for class IX and class XI since 2019,” said JAC Chairman, Dr Arvind Prasad Kumar
The council has also introduced helpline numbers for the students to help them deal with stress and anxiety and also to take tips related to the exams from experts. The helpline numbers are 7485093436, 7485293440, and 7485093433 while the toll free number is 18003456523. Students can contact on these numbers on all working days between 9 am to 6pm.
“Board exams are primarily held to ensure that students are serious towards their education.
However, the certificates awarded to the examinees are not life changing certificates. Parents need to encourage the children and not put undue pressure on them to score well,” added the official.
The council is also all necessary steps to ensure that malpractice free examinations are conducted and CCTV cameras have been fitted across all the centres for surveillance.
To avoid any errors while marking the answer sheets, the teachers who will be evaluating have also been trained with techniques to minimise errors, step marking, proper totaling and cross checking papers.