Ranchi: The Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) has announced that the board examinations for Classes 10 and 12 scheduled on Friday has been postponed in view of the state government notifying a holiday for Shab-e-Barat.

The JAC said that the examinations will now be conducted on March 4.

The Class 10 (matriculation) and Class 12 (intermediate) board examinations began amid tight security across Jharkhand on Tuesday.

Over 7.84 lakh students have enrolled for the tests.

The regional language papers — Kharia, Khortha, Kurmali, Nagpuri and Panch Pargania — were scheduled on Friday for Class 10, while the compulsory core language paper was for Class 12.

“These examinations will now be conducted on March 4,” the JAC said in a release.