Jharkhand education department to defer JAC exam dates
- | Wednesday | 13th January, 2021
The state education department on Tuesday said it would reconsider the examination dates announced by the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) for the Class X and intermediate classes, which are scheduled to be held from March 9 to 26.
The state education department on Tuesday said it would reconsider the examination dates announced by the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) for the Class X and intermediate classes, which are scheduled to be held from March 9 to 26.
Senior officials of the department said various factors were being taken into account for the decision and would soon give a direction to JAC in this regard.
The department would consider whether the period of around two months given to the students is sufficient to cover the syllabus prescribed for the academic year. It may be stated that the syllabus of Class X and intermediate courses have already been reduced by 40%.
Director of secondary education, Jata Shankar Choudhary, said, “We will also would take into consideration the examination schedules announced by various boards in the neighbouring states in this regard.”
Notably, the JAC had decided to hold an examination from March 9, thus extending the dates by about 25 days compared to previous years.
JAC chairperson Arvind Singh said while disruption of studies during the lockdown was a factor for the deferment of the examination, they did not want to further delay the process too much as it would affect the announcement of results.
Other JAC officials were of the view that conducting examination, evaluation, and publication of results would take more time than usual under the Covid-19 conditions.
He said that several teachers were of the view that the dates should be extended by a month.
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