8.77 lakh students to write SSLC exams; separate question, answer papers

March 29, 2017

Bengaluru, Mar 29: The Class X?Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination conducted by the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) will begin on Thursday, March 30.

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This year, 8,77,174 students across the state will write the examination at 2,770 centres. Unlike previous years, students will write their answers in a separate booklet and they will be allowed to carry the question paper back home.

Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Yashoda Bopanna, director of KSEEB, said, “This has been done to make transportation and storage of papers easier as the bulk of the papers will be reduced.” Besides this, there is no change in the examination pattern.

Commissioner of public instruction, Sowjanya, who was also present at the conference, urged students to be present at the exam hall between 9.15 am and 9.30 am. However, she said students will be allowed to enter the hall till 9.45 am.

The number of centres has been reduced this year, from 3,082 in 2016, to improve security.

Candidates are prohibited from carrying mobile phones, calculators, textbooks, reference books and chits into the examination hall. Students can travel for free on BMTC or KSRTC buses to their examination centre, by displaying their hall tickets and bus pass which they use to commute to their school.

For any subject-related doubts, tips for preparation or overcoming stress, students may call the KSEEB helpline at 080 23310075 or 080 23310076. The helpline will be functional between 9 am and 2.30 pm, from March 30 to April 12, the last day of the exam.

Security measures

Under the Karnataka Secured Examination System, 40 CCTV cameras have been installed at the KSEEB office. Cameras in the 30 district treasuries and four sub-treasuries will be monitored 24x7 from the KSEEB, till the completion of exams.

The department did not make installation of CCTV cameras mandatory in all schools as many would have resource constraints, the commissioner said. Of the total centres, 1,184 have installed CCTV cameras in all class rooms and 1,361 have installed cameras in the chief’s room.

“Special observers will be deployed at centres without cameras, sensitive and most sensitive centres. These observers will be tahsildars or revenue officials who will be assigned random centres,” Sowjanya said. Inter-district vigilance squads have also been formed, comprising DIET lecturers and other officers. A custodian has been appointed in each centre to keep an account of the number of question papers and answer papers.

Photocopiers within 200 metres of examination centres are to remain closed.

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March 27,2024

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Hassan: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has announced that his son, former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will contest from state's Mandya parliamentary seat as NDA candidate.

Deve Gowda told reporters on Tuesday that the decision to field Kumaraswamy, who is also JD(S) state president, in Lok Sabha polls from the Mandya seat was taken amid mounting public demand. "People are demanding that Kumaraswamy should contest from Mandya. In the core committee meeting as well, all members suggested that he should contest from Mandya," Deve Gowda said.

The former Chief Minister's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy had lost to independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh from Mandya in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The JD(S) supremo further said that the name of senior leader Mallesh Babu has been finalised from the Kolar seat.

Deve Gowda's grandson and former Karnataka Minister H. D. Revanna's son sitting JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna will be contesting as the NDA candidate from the Hassan seat.

Earlier in the day, Kumaraswamy in a media briefing indicated that he would contest from Mandya amid mounting public pressure on him.

Congress has fielded Venkatarame Gowda popularly known as ‘Star Chandru’ from the Mandya seat dominated by Vokkaligas. Star Chandru is a close associate of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.

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March 28,2024

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Mangaluru, Mar 28: A fish meal factory in the Baikampady Industrial area in Mangaluru was gutted in a fire incident on Thursday, officials said.

The factory is owned by the company 'Shihar Enterprises', they said.

According to the locals, the fire was first noticed at 4.45 am today, which was immediately reported to the fire department.

The fire engines reached the spot and tried to douse the fire, but it had already spread to other parts of the factory. After almost four hours of fire-fighting operation, the blaze was completely doused, officials.

The reason for the blaze is still being probed, the fire department officials said, adding that they suspect an electric short circuit could have triggered it.

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March 22,2024

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Bengaluru, Mar 22: An FIR has been registered against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya over a provocative hate post on social media, Election Commission officials said on Friday.

The move comes after a complaint filed by officials of the poll body and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) that the Bengaluru South MP, who is also the President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, had in a post apparently targeted a minority and spread enmity between two communities.

He also made a similar post on March 19 on X and YouTube which went viral. He has 1.3 million followers on X, thereby influencing the voters and disturbing the communal harmony between the communities, it further alleged.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered at Halasuru Gate police station on March 20 under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 295 A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code and the Representation of the People Act, the officials said.

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