Nearly 850,000 students to take SSLC exam in Karnataka today amid Covid-19

The Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) exams began in Karnataka on Thursday amid tight security and rigid precautions amid the coronavirus scare.

The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) on the directions of the state government decided to conduct the SSLC or the 10th standard board exams amid Covid-19 fears.

According to KSEEB officials, as many as 8,48,203 students would take up the examination at 2,879 exam centres.

Taking lessons from the pre-university college exam on June 18 where people thronged the examination centres ignoring social distancing norms, the Board officials in association with the health department, police department and transport department made adequate