2nd PUC exam: Suresh Kumar visits examination centers to take stock of situation
Team Udayavani, Jun 18, 2020, 2:02 PM IST
Bengaluru: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Suresh Kumar on Thursday, June 18 visited a few schools in Bengaluru to take stock of the situation as second PUV students answer English paper.
English exam of second PUC was held on Thursday with social distancing and other safety norms, nearly three months after being postponed in March due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
An estimated 5.59 lakh students were slated to appear for the examination at over 1,000 thousand centers across the state.
There were reports that social distancing was given a go-by at some centres in different parts of the state as the students, staff, and parents huddled under the tin roofs due to heavy downpour.
The department of pre-university education had issued the standard operating procedure for conducting the examination including sanitizing the exam halls, the length of the benches, the number of students to be present in each room, thermal screening, and usage of sanitizers and masks.
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