JAC announces Class XII result, pass percentage better than last year

RANCHI: The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) on Friday announced the results of Class XII of the 2020-21 batch and the overall pass percentage was 89.65. The overall pass percentage is better than last year’s, which was 74.20.
The results were announced by state education minister Jagarnath Mahto.
The pass percentage among girls was 87.38% in science compared to 86.66% among the boys. In commerce, 92.95% of girl students passed, compared to 88.31% of the boys. In arts, 91.44 % girls were declared successful compared to 89.73 % boys, thereby the girls outshining the boys.
The results were significantly better than last year with 86.89% of the students passing in science, 90.33% in commerce and 90.71% in arts. Last year, the pass percentage was 58.99% in science, 77.37% in commerce and 82.53% in arts.
Sixty-four percent of the students secured first division in science, 59% in commerce and 25 % in arts. A total of 3,31,056 students, including 88,145 in science, 33,677 in commerce and 2,09,234 in arts, had appeared for the examination.
Speaking to reporters here, JAC chairman Arvind Singh said those not satisfied with the results can their complaints at the grievance cell of the council by August 6. He added that the students’ grievances would be addressed as soon as possible.
Out of 100, 80 was assigned on the basis of class XI results and the remaining 20 was based on either practical exams or internal assessment.
A JAC official said that it was due to hard work of the council that the results could be declared before the July 31 deadline given by the Supreme Court.