Karnataka State Secondary Examinations Board is initiating to conduct Secondary School Leaving Examination (SSLC) across the state from today.  Meanwhile,  33 students across the state have tested positive for COVID-19 and special arrangements in exam halls have been made for these students to write their exams.

The state government also brought down students from bordering states like Kerala and Goa in government buses. A camp was set up on these borders to check students for COVID. Over 20 students who reached from Goa to Karnataka underwent RT-PCR test for COVID-19.

Today, over 8 lakh students is writing Maths, Science and Social Science exams. The total number of marks is 120 and each subject has questions for 40 marks. While the OMR sheet for Maths is in Pink colour, the OMR sheet for Science is Orange colours and Social Science is in green colour.

Suresh Kumar, Primary and Secondary Education Minister visited a few exam centres in Bengaluru and said, “All the departments are working in coordination with each other to conduct the SSLC exams. Like last year, several NGOs and organisations have joined hands to conduct these exams successfully. Mainly, the positivity rate of COVID is lesser than what it was last year. It was 13.5 per cent in 2020 whereas it is 1.3 per cent this year. Students and parents’ response to conduct these exams have encouraged us to go ahead with exams. The plus point for our department is we have experience of conducting SSLC exams last year. However, this time, we are conducting it only for two days.”

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