Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) has announced that the class VIII board examinations will be held on January 24. The examination will be conducted in 2,200 centres simultaneously across the State.
The time for the exam has been fixed from 11 am to 2 pm by the council. JAC has uploaded the admit card for the students on its website along with other information for those taking the exam and sample question papers.
“This is the second time the board is conducting the examination and about 5.5 Lakh students will appear for the exam in 2020. The Board first conducted the exam in 2019 where about 5 Lakh students had appeared for it. To avoid putting any pressure on the students, the exam will be held in one sitting with multiple choice questions,” JAC Secretary, MK Singh,
The examination will be held on OMR sheets with around 20 questions from each subject. The exam is of total 300 marks with 33 percent passing marks.
As per the board official, the question paper, OMR sheet and attendance sheet will reach the office of the District Education Officer by January 20 and will be kept in the storage room at the block level.
The examination centres will receive the OMR sheets one day before the exam while the question papers will reach the centres two hours prior to the exam.
After the exam, the OMR sheets will be packed and submitted to the District Education Officer office.