Evaluation of II PUC answer scripts to commence on May 28

Dharwad: Due to the non-availability of public transport and lodging facilities during the extended lockdown, the pre-university education (PUE) department will facilitate the lecturers to evaluate the PUC II year answer sheets at the centres in their own districts.
The evaluation of answer sheets in Economics has already commenced at the centres in Mysuru and Shivamogga.In North Karnataka, the evaluation in all the subjects except English, Physics, Chemistry and Maths will commence from May 28.
The observers will report for duty at the designated centres on Friday while the chief examiners and deputy chief examiners will report on May 26. They will take up the coding work for two days and the assistant examiners will join duty on May 28.
Sources in the PUE department told TOI on Thursday that in view of the Covid-19 lockdown and non-availability of public transport and lodging facilities, the department decided to allow the lecturers to evaluate the answer sheets at the centers in their own districts. “It is mandatory for the lecturers of a particular subject to report for evaluation if there is an evaluation centre of that subject in their district. If the evaluation centre of their subject is in another district, it is optional for the lecturers to join the duties” said an officer.
The department has set up evaluation centres at Bengaluru (13), Mysuru (9), Mangaluru (6), Davanagere (2), Belagavi (6), Hubballi (1), Dharwad (2), Shivamogga (2) and Kalaburagi (2).
Answer sheets in Kannada will be evaluated at Hubballi, the evaluation of Accountancy and Business Studies papers will be at Dharwad. Belagavi has six centers where evaluation of papers in Kannada, Political Science, Marathi, History, Economics and Sociology will be taken up.