As the pandemic eases, the results of various exams that were taken come out. The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) declared the results of the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) examinations on Friday. The examinations were held on July 30 and 31, a day after the Karnataka High Court rejected a plea by students asking for the examinations to be deferred due to the COVID-19 crisis. The examinations were organised across 497 exam centres in Karnataka amid heavy scrutiny due to the COVID-19 crisis.
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The results of the examinations can be accessed from there. Candidates can key in their registration number and the date of birth as in the admission ticket. In May, the KEA added 75 new exam centres for the CET examinations, and those who had COVID-19 symptoms were kept in separate rooms. Sixty-three students infected with the coronavirus took the Physics and Chemistry examination while as many as 57 of them wrote the Mathematics paper. Deputy Chief Minister Ashwath Narayan, who is also the Higher Education Minister, met the students at the exam centres, wearing a PPE (personal protection equipment) kit, as they sat for the examinations.
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The CET examinations were also conducted in COVID-Care Centres for those students who tested positive for the coronavirus. They wrote the examination under the supervision of medical professionals. In Bengaluru, 40,080 students applied for the examinations, of which, 33,571 students appeared for it. This accounted for 20% of the students who applied for the examinations. The percentage of students who appeared for the Engineering examinations was highest in Udupi.
