Jharkhand Board Class 8 And 9 Exams 2025 Postponed, Revised Schedule Soon – News18

Last Updated:January 27, 2025, 15:46 IST

Students who are set to take the JAC 8th and 9th exams can check and download the detailed notice from the official website at jacexamportal.in

The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) has postponed the state class 8 and class 9 exams 2025. The class 8 exams were scheduled to commence on January 28, 2025, while the class 9 exams were scheduled to be held on January 29 and 30, 2025. However, all these exams have been deferred. The new dates are expected to be announced soon. Students who are set to take the exams can check and download the detailed notice from the JAC’s official website at jacexamportal.in.

As per the previous schedule, the exams will be conducted in two shifts — from 9:45 AM to 1 PM and from 2 PM to 5:15 PM. Each paper in class 8 will be 50 marks featuring multiple-choice questions (MCQs). Furthermore, an internal exam will be held at the school level carrying 100 marks. This year 5,18,002 students applied for the 8th exam and 4,77,096 students registered for the 9th class exam.

The class 8 Hindi, English, an additional language, Mathematics, Social Science, and Science subject exams were scheduled to be held on January 28. While class 9 Hindi A, Hindi B, and English, Mathematics, and Science exams were slated to be conducted on January 29 followed by Social Science and additional languages on January 30. However, JAC has now postponed all these exams.

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Jharkhand Board Class 8 And 9 Exams 2025 Postponed: How To Check Notice?

Step 1 — Visit the official website at jacexamportal.in

Step 2 — Search and click on the class 8 exam postponement notice on the homepage

Step 3 — Read the notice. Download and save it for further reference. Candidates are advised to keep track of the official portal for information on the new date sheet

The Jharkhand Board Matric and Inter exams will be held from February 11 to March 3, 2025. Around 4,33,886 students have applied for Jharkhand Board 10th and 3,49,825 students have applied for the 12th exam. There will be 30 multiple-choice questions for 30 marks. There will be an internal assessment of 20 marks at the school level. The remaining 50 marks will include all short answer, long answer questions.