RANCHI: 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.
They 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 also take into consideration the examination schedules announced by various boards in the neighbouring states in this regard.”
Notably, the JAC had decided to hold examination from March 9, thus extending the dates by about 25 days compared to previous years.
JAC chairiperson 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.
"So far, we have not received any direction from the government regarding extension of the examination dates," an official said.
Meanwhile, principal of a government school, Ashutosh Singh, said it would be very helpful for students if the dates were extended. He said, “The students' confidence would grow substantially if they get a reasonable period of classroom studies which has started since the end of December.”
He said that several teachers were of the view that the dates should be extended by a month.