Ranchi: The marking pattern for matriculation examination conducted by Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) will be changed this year in the wake of disruption to classroom teaching due to the ongoing pandemic.
Director, Jharkhand Project Education Council Sailesh Chourasia said, “Since no school activities were possible during the pandemic, a series of meetings were held to streamline the marking pattern. The changes would be implemented by JAC.” He added that no decision on the date of matriculation examination has been taken.
Sources said internal assessment for all subjects, except science, will be of 10 marks instead of 20. A decision to this effect was taken as the students were unable to attend schools since mid-March.
Notably, earlier 20 marks were given through internal assessment which included internal examination, attendance and other activities.
Under the new pattern, students will now have to answer multiple choice questions of 30 marks and write very short, short and long answers of 20 marks each. The questions of science will, however, be 20 marks each for multiple choice, very short, short and long questions.
JAC is expected to frame questions for each subject on the basis of a reduced syllabus this year.