Lakhs of students sit for second PUC exam in Karnataka

second-year pre-university course (PUC) English paper examination in Karnataka was held on Thursday with social distancing and or safety rms, nearly three months after being postponed in March due to COVID-19 lockdown.

An estimated 5.59 lakh students were slated to appear for examination at over 1,000 thousand centres across state.

Only English paper was left out as examination scheduled on March 23 could t be conducted in view of coronavirus lockdown.

department of pre-university education h issued standard operating procedure for conducting examination including sanitising exam halls, length of benches, number of students to be present in each room, rmal screening and us of sanitisers and masks.

Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Suresh Kumar visited a few schools in Bengaluru to take stock of situation.

re were reports that social distancing was given a go-by at some centres in different parts of state as students, staff and parents huddled under tin roofs due to heavy downpour.

(Representative Im, courtesy - PTI)