The Jharkhand Academic Council’s (JAC) board exams for class X and class XII for the session 2019-20 started on Tuesday at various centres across the State.
The annual matriculation and intermediate exams which commenced on February 11 will conclude on February 28. As many as 3,84,021 will be taking the class X exams from 940 centres while 2,38,363 centres are expected to appear for the class XII boards in 470 centres.
In the State capital, 33,070 students are registered with the board for class X exams while 32,585 students are expected to appear for the intermediate exams. About 87 centres and 45 centres have been marked for the matriculation and intermediate exams respectively.
“The first day of the board exams went off very peacefully across the State. In both the sittings, no untoward incidents of any sort have come to the notice of the Council. All the facilities and arrangements made by JAC to monitor the exams like CCTV camera, training of evaluators are also in place,” said a JAC official.
The next exam will take place on February 12. While for class X the subjects for the next paper are Urdu, Bengal, Oriya those for class XII are compulsory core language for I.Sc and I.Com and Hindi ‘A’, Hindi ‘B’ along with Matribhasha and English ‘A’.
The timings for class X exams are from 9:45 am to 1 pm while for class XII are 2 pm to 5:15 pm. The first 15 minutes are given by the board for reading the question paper.
To ensure malpractice free exams the Council has installed CCTV cameras in all the centres. Helpline numbers have also been introduced to help students deal with stress, anxiety and also to take tips related to the exams from experts. The numbers are 7485293440, 7485093433 while the toll free number is 18003456523.
