8.48 lakh students appear for SSLC exam

NT Correspondent

SSLC exams for the academic year 2021-22 commenced on Monday, as scheduled and the first language was the first paper of the exam.

According to the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board, a total of 8,69,399 students had registered for the exam, out of which 8,48,405 candidates appeared on the first day.

This includes 8,11,195 regular fresh candidates, 35,509 private fresh candidates and 1,701 repeaters, while 20,994 students remained absent for Monday’s exam. “The board has designated 3,444 examination centres in the state. Covid-19 protocols were followed in all the centres. No cases of coronavirus were detected in any candidate on Monday,” a KSEEB official said.

Arrangements for special exam halls were also made. This allows those students who are sick to write the exam separately, and 336 students wrote the exam in these halls. According to KSEEB, no candidate was caught indulging in malpractice.