Karnataka government has declared their set up motion the process to conduct the Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination or the 10th standard examination in July by releasing the standard operating procedure (SOP) for teachers.
Primary and Secondary Education Minister of Karnataka S Suresh Kumar in an interview with PTI has quoted that, those in charge of the exam centres should abide by the SOP. The SOP mandated sanitising the exam halls, furniture and toilets daily by spraying disinfectant solution before and after the exam. There would be 12 children in the examination hall and only one student at each desk to maintain physical distancing. Also, the SOP ordered students not to gather at any time. In the rural areas, arrangements should be made to ensure that the test centres should be created in a manner that students need not go to the taluk-level to appear for the exam, the SOP said.
The minister has further added, the vaccination teachers, staff and officials involved in conducting the examination with the cooperation of the district administration is mandatory. According to Kumar, there should be two rooms reserved for candidates suffering from cough, common cold and flu. There should be a thermal scanner, pulse oximeter, first aid boxes and hand sanitisers at the entrance. Students would be given masks at the entrance of the health counters in the exam halls.
Last year, the government had successfully conducted the SSLC exams despite the fear expressed by the opposition parties and experts.
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