Jharkhand board JAC 10th result 2018 declared, 59.48% students pass: Highlights

The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) declared the result of matriculation or Class 10 board examination on Tuesday, ending the wait for over 4,00,000 students. The pass percentage this year was 59.48%.

The result was announced at a press conference at JAC’s Ranchi office by the council’s chairperson Arvind Prasad Singh. Students can

They can also check their result on the JAC official website. Due to heavy traffic, jac.jharkhand.gov.in may take some time to load.

Jharkhand board JAC 10th Result 2018: Live updates

4.36pm: Hazaribagh district scored the highest pass percentage of 74.75%, followed by Ranchi (72.93%) and E. Singhbhum (68.23%).

4.25pm: Of the 2,08, 701 boys who sat for the exam, 1,28,959 cleared it. A total of 2,19,688 girls took the exam and 1,25,871 passed it.

4.21pm: Of the 4, 28,379 students who took the exam, 2,54,830 passed.

4.19pm: Boys performed better than girls. While 61.79% boys passed, the pass percentage of girls was 57.29.

4.10pm: JAC declares Jharkhand Board class 10 result. 59.48% students pass

4.06pm: Chairman and officials arrive. JAC Class 10th result to be declared shortly.

3.48pm: Chairman and officials yet to arrive at JAC office in Ranchi.

3.45pm: After formal announcement at JAC office, the result will be uploaded on official website: jac.jharkhand.gov.in

3.42pm: JAC chairman Arvind Prasad Singh to declare 10th results at JAC office shortly.

3.15pm: Sources in the council said the announcement of board results were delayed as the evaluation procedure took some time. There was a speculation that the result would be declared either on June 9 or June 10.

3.00pm: There were 431,734 students who wrote the matric exams this year in 954 examination centres across the state. The examinations concluded on March 21.

2.45pm: The council is expecting a better performance this year after 67.91% students cleared the exams in 2017. The pass percentage in 2016 was 67.54.

2.30pm: The council declared the results of intermediate or Class 12 science and commerce streams on June 7 and 48.34% science students and 67.49% commerce candidates cleared the exams.

2.15pm: “The evaluation process of intermediate (arts) is still going on. Therefore, no date of results can be given right now,” the council’s vice-chairperson Phool Singh said.

2.00pm: The result of Class 12 arts stream is yet to be announced.

1.30pm: The council installed closed-circuit television or CCTV cameras for the first time this year at all exam and evaluation centres to ensure transparency. And, the entire procedure from registration to admit card issuance was made online.

1.15pm: This year, 316,369 students appeared in intermediate exams - 92,073 in science stream, 40,173 in commerce and 1,84,123 in humanities - across 436 centres in the state. The exams concluded on April 3.