The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) is all set to conduct the annual board examination for students of class X and XII. The board has made all the requisite arrangements like installing CCTV cameras at all the centres and training the evaluators among others.
The practical exams are slated to start from January 27 while the theory papers will be conducted from February 11 to February 28.
In the first half from 9:45 am to 1 pm, the exams for class X will be held while in the second half from 2 pm to 5:15 pm class XII board exams will be conducted. The first 15 minutes are given by the board for reading the question paper.
“The board has made all the preparations for the upcoming exams. At the district level as well all the arrangements have been reviewed and students should not face any problem,” said JAC Secretary, MK Singh.
There are 950 centres across the State for matriculation and about 450 centres for intermediate. Approximately four lakh students will be taking the class X exam and about 2.50 lakh students will appear for the class XII boards.
As per JAC officials, board exams are held from class VIII to class XII. The class IX boards are being held on January 21 and January 22 and a total of 4.22 lakh students across 925 centres are registered to appear for it. The last date for submitting the forms for class XI boards is January 31. Exams for class VIII, IX and XI are conducted on OMR sheets.
For class VIII, 5.14 lakh students are registered to take the exam across 2200 centres in Jharkhand. The council is also taking necessary steps to ensure that malpractice free examinations are conducted. The board has ensured that all the centres are fitted with CCTV cameras for surveillance. Those who will be evaluating the answer sheets have also been trained by the board with techniques to minimize errors, step marking, proper totaling and cross checking papers. The training programme was conducted in Ranchi and will continue till the exams begin.