Mangaluru/Udupi, Mar 30: Students across the state have begun to write their SSLC exams in various centres across the state on Monday March 30th. The exams will go on till April 13th-2015.
About 8,56,638 students from 13,693 high schools are writing the exams this year, out of which 4,52,634 are boys and 4,03,804 are girls. 16,337 private and 32,607 repeaters are appearing for the exams. There are 3,038 exam centres in the state.
Special CCTV cameras have been installed in 829 centres out of which 50 centres have been identified as very sensitive and 148 as sensitive. The department of public instructions has made all arrangements to conduct the examination smoothly.
Special squad have been formed to visit the examination centres. Even deputy commissioners and Zilla panchayat chief executive officers are expected to pay uninformed visit at the centres. A special police squad has been appointed to control malpractices in exam halls. Also, medical services have been kept in place to attend emergencies in all centers, said DDPI officer Diwakar Shetty.
In Udupi district, 36,514 students are appearing for SSLC exams. There are 58 exam centres in the district. Among 17,112 students, 8,922 are boys and 8,190 are girls. About 427 are private students and 628 are repeaters.
First time in Karnataka history, this year; as many as 18 students of Pompei Kannada Medium High School in Mangaluru are answering the annual SSLC examination in Tulu language. The education department has given subject code number-69 for Tulu language paper. On April 10th, the Tulu language examinations will be held.
