As many as 23 students who have tested positive for the Coronavirus pandemic will take the Karnataka SSLC (Class 10) board examination will from Covid Care Centres (CCC) in their respective blocks, officials said. “Arrangements have been made by the respective block education officers for these CCCs to ensure all standard operating procedures (SOPs) are followed,” a top official from the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) told indianexpress.com. The same was 48,000 in 2020, when the government held the exam amid the pandemic for the first time. Further, as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in place for the exams, only 12 students, one per bench, will be seated in a classroom. The exams will be held from 10.30 am to 1.30 pm with students answering multiple-choice questions on OMR sheets.

Source: Indian Express July 19, 2021 04:41 UTC