5 lakh students write Class VIII board exam on OMR sheet
Debjani Chakraborty | TNN | Feb 12, 2019, 02:18 ISTRanchi: Around 5.76 lakh students across all 24 districts of the state sat for the Class VIII board examination conducted by Jharkhand Academic Council on Monday. This was the first time that questions from all the subjects were combined into one MCQ (multiple choice question)-based paper to help students get acquainted with competitive examinations from an early stage.
JAC board landed in a last-minute fix after admit cards of several students were not uploaded on the official website due to failure of registration on February 5. All such students were then allowed to sit for the examination after they were given blank admit cards through their respective district superintendent of education.
Piyush Kumar, a student of Government Middle School (GMS), Chadri, said: “The question paper was very easy and was based on the sample papers released by JAC. I was earlier very nervous about the examination, but when I saw the paper, I at once knew that I would do great. I found the section on science the easiest.”
With all the subjects combined into one cumulative paper with 20 questions each from English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science and Social Science, the students enrolled will now have to write only one paper. Though the JAC board started conducting the Class VIII boards from the last academic session, this was the first time that the students wrote a single paper exam for all the subjects.
The students also had to compulsorily record their answers on Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheets, a move which received mixed reactions. While Shalini Kumari, a student of Balkrishna High School, said she faced a few hiccups while filling up the OMR sheet, Ajay Kumar of GMS Chadri said: “We received instructions in our school regarding how to fill the OMR sheet. It needs a little bit of practice and some of my friends couldn’t fill up all the bubbles even though they knew the correct answers.”
“Even though I am happy that the examination is over in a day, I think there should have been a little more time to prepare for mathematics and science. Since there will be no more subject-wise examination, I found it very difficult to study for all the papers in one day,” said Subbi Tarannum of LEBB High School, who also sat for the exam on Monday.
The board will also conduct the annual examination for Class IX students on a similar MCQ-based model on February 13 and 14.
JAC board landed in a last-minute fix after admit cards of several students were not uploaded on the official website due to failure of registration on February 5. All such students were then allowed to sit for the examination after they were given blank admit cards through their respective district superintendent of education.
Piyush Kumar, a student of Government Middle School (GMS), Chadri, said: “The question paper was very easy and was based on the sample papers released by JAC. I was earlier very nervous about the examination, but when I saw the paper, I at once knew that I would do great. I found the section on science the easiest.”
With all the subjects combined into one cumulative paper with 20 questions each from English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science and Social Science, the students enrolled will now have to write only one paper. Though the JAC board started conducting the Class VIII boards from the last academic session, this was the first time that the students wrote a single paper exam for all the subjects.
The students also had to compulsorily record their answers on Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheets, a move which received mixed reactions. While Shalini Kumari, a student of Balkrishna High School, said she faced a few hiccups while filling up the OMR sheet, Ajay Kumar of GMS Chadri said: “We received instructions in our school regarding how to fill the OMR sheet. It needs a little bit of practice and some of my friends couldn’t fill up all the bubbles even though they knew the correct answers.”
“Even though I am happy that the examination is over in a day, I think there should have been a little more time to prepare for mathematics and science. Since there will be no more subject-wise examination, I found it very difficult to study for all the papers in one day,” said Subbi Tarannum of LEBB High School, who also sat for the exam on Monday.
The board will also conduct the annual examination for Class IX students on a similar MCQ-based model on February 13 and 14.
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