The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) on Monday declared results of Matric and Intermediate-Science and Commerce- reflecting a marginal dip in overall pass percentage as against 2014 figures.. According to the data released by Speaker Dinesh Oraon and Human Resource Development Minister (HRD) Minister Neera Yadav, overall 71.20 per cent students passed in matriculation examination, while 63.88 per cent in Intermediate science and 73.99 per cent in commerce.
After 2012, there has been a dip in pass percentage in the matric results. Compared to previous year, there has been a decrease of 4.10 per cent in the pass percentage. last year, the matric pass percentage was 75.30 and it was 73.15 per cent in 2013. Unlike, previous years, boys have outshined girls in metric exam results. While boys registered pass percentage of 73.91, 68.46 per cent girls achieved success. Of 4,55,820 students had appeared in Intermediate exam, 3,24,580 have passed. In the 24 districts, Chatra, Hazaribagh and Ranchi have performed better with pass percentage of 82.726, 82.141 and 77.709 respectively. North Chotanagpur has registered better performance with pass percentage of 74.57 out of the five divisions of the State.
There has been an increase of 0.23 per cent in the pass percentage of intermediate science and a decrease of 1.84 per cent at Intermediate commerce level. Meanwhile, the council became the first board of India to announce the Matric and Inter (Science and Commerce) results. Yadav announced to commence moral education in the State Government schools soon. JAC has been requesting the Government to start the course for long.
The Council is planning to begin online evaluation from the present academic session. "We would be the first board to take such an initiative. The exam answer sheets will be uploaded in the computer and examiners will be able to check without knowing the roll number of a student," said JAC Chairman Anand Bhushan.
He urged the HRD Minister to consider seat reservation for the top ten toppers of matric and three streams of intermediate in medical and engineering colleges. Also, he suggested the Government to add the ten per cent marks of Class ninth and eleventh pass students in matric and intermediate results in order to encourage them. He further expressed desire to start the studies of computer science and English subjects in Madarsas.
like every year, students unhappy with their results can approach the Council's helpline between 10 am and 4pm from April 28 to May 2. As many as 63.88 per cent of the total of 80,831 examinees sailed through science examination in 2015 compared to 63.35 per cent of the total of 82,945 in 2014 examination. Surprisingly, results of Commerce stream was a dampener for the council as the result in 2015 declined by 1.84 percentage points over 2014 exam results. Even as 73.99 per cent of the total of 49,595 examinees tasted success in 2015, 75.83 per cent of the total of 46,179 examinees declared as pass in the Intermediate examination in 2014.
However the efforts of the JAC were praised by the HRD Minister. The Minister on the occasion called for a stress free environment for students. "Officials of JAC deserve compliments for their efforts," said Yadav adding "we should not put unnecessary burden over students and must create environment for their growth". Meanwhile, girls outshined boys in both the streams of Intermediate in 2015 also. A total of 65.84 per cent girls in science cleared the examination while in commerce, 81.80 per cent passed with flying colours.
Boys lagged behind in comparison to girls with 63.20 per cent success rate in science and 69.49 per cent in commerce in 2015 examination. Significantly, JAC had introduced monitoring of evaluation process through CCTVs on pilot basis where some parts of the evaluation process were put under surveillance with the help of the installed cameras and JAC officials monitored the process from the office.