Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) on Monday conducted a meeting on matriculation and intermediate examinations scheduled from February 21 onwards. The matriculation exam will be held in the first phase from March 7. The intermediate exam will be held in the second phase from March 13.
As many as 108 and 36 centres have been made for matric and inter examinations. According to a press release, 43689 and 39,188 candidates will appear for matric and intermediate candidates from Ranchi district. Meanwhile, around 1150 teachers including aided school and affiliated college teachers who are supposed to look after the management of these board examinations have decided to continue their strike and lock their respective institutions from February 12 onwards. Today, these teachers denied to collect the admit cards distributed for the respective examinations.
“We have decided to stay aside from all management affairs of board examinations. We will neither cooperate nor will we create any disturbance”, said Surendra Ram, a teacher of an aided school. JAC officials, on the other hand, informed that the academic council is all set to organize the examinations with the support of state government if these teachers deny from coordinating the exam.
Sources confirmed that the examination of 300 Inter-Colleges, 525 aided High Schools, 65 Sanskrit schools and 1150 Madarsas will likely be affected due to this strike. Raghunath Jha, a senior teacher associated with this strike said, “We have been requesting the state government since long to connect High Schools with Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan. Also, we have requested the government to provide funds to recognized Sanskrit Schools and approve the amended regulation. All our demands are for the well being of students.”
The teachers have also requested the government to evaluate and give grades to colleges with regard to its recognition status within 15 days. Jha said that the registration of about two lakh class 11th students will be affected for their next year’s board exam if the mentioned demands are not fulfilled by the state government. Members of National Educational Federation have also supported the ongoing strike of 55 affiliated college teachers.