ranchi a day before the commencement of jharkhand academic council jacs matric and intermediate examinations chief minister hemant soren on monday asked all schools not to stop any student who has pending fees from appearing in the examinations both the examinations will end on february 28 at a review meeting of the state school education and literacy department soren asked the authorities to ensure that his directive is followed he said no school private or public should bar any student from appearing in board exams due to money the department should ensure this order is implementedmeanwhile jac is prepared for the smooth conduct of the examinations a total of 387 lakh students will appear in matriculation and 238 lakh will sit for the intermediate papers across 1432 centres ranchi district education officer deo mithilesh sinha said we have completed all preparations we are reviewing them to ensure everything is smooth cctvs have been installed at all centres and those that arent working are being replaced in ranchi around 66000 students of class x and xii will sit for the exams at 134 centers jac has also released model question papers to help students prepare for the exam jac has said none of the candidates will be allowed to keep any mobile phone or electronic devices at the exam centres even the teachers at the exam centre will be barred from bringing their phones inside the centre education minister jagarnath mahto also wished candidates he said i wish the young minds good luck for the exams they should not be afraid and remember that quality and hard work will always pay off