JAC board exams to begin May 4, schedule out
The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) has deferred board examinations for classes 10 (Matriculation) and 12 (Intermediate) by about two months. The examinations will now be conducted from May 4 to 21, JAC officials said, as they officially released the examination schedule on Wednesday.
JAC chairman Arvind Prasad Singh said, “The schedule for classes 10 and 12 board examinations has been revised. Now, they will be held from May 4 to May 21. The examinations would be held in two shifts. The examination of matriculation will be held in first shift, while the intermediate examination will be held in second shift.”
The examinations will be held in strict compliance of Covid-19 protocols, officials said.
Earlier, the exams were scheduled from March 9 to 26. The examinees and state education and literacy department had demanded for revision in the dates in view of preparations.
Singh said, “The syllabus has been slashed by 40% in light of the Covid-affected year. We were told that revised syllabus would be wrapped up by March 31. Besides, students also need some time for preparations. This is why we revised the exam schedule.” However, practical examinations of matriculation and intermediate will take place from April 6 to 27, officials said.
About seven lakh students appear for JAC examinations of matriculation and intermediate every year. In 2020, more than 3.87 lakh students wrote matriculation examination, while over 2.34 lakh students appeared for intermediate examinations, comprising Science, Commerce and Arts streams.
In view of closure of schools since March last year, the JAC has also revised the question pattern for the upcoming board examinations. The number of objective type questions would be more than the previous years.
As per the model question papers for Class 10 uploaded on JAC website, written examinations of all subjects, excluding Science, will be of 90 marks. The rest 10 marks will be allotted based on internal assessment.
The written examinations for Science subject will be of 80 marks, while 10 marks will be for the practical examination and the rest for internal assessment.
Besides, multiple-choice or fill in the blanks-type questions will constitute 30% marks, while very short answers-type questions will make up for 20% of total marks . Twenty percent marks will be for short and long answer-type questions each.
For intermediate, the written examination of non-practical subjects would be of 100 marks. These papers will have 30 multiple-choice answer-type questions, while 10 questions will be of fill in the blanks-type questions for one mark each. There would be 10 very short answertype questions for two marks each, five short answer-type question for four marks each and four long answer-type questions for five marks each.
Similarly, written examinations of practical subjects would be for 70 marks, while practical test will constitute rest of the 30 marks. In such papers, there would 20 multiple-choice answer-type questions, seven very short answer-type questions for one mark each, seven very short answer-type questions for two marks each, five short answer-type questions for three marks each and two long answer-type questions of seven marks each.