Dharwad prepared for II PU supplementary examination

Dharwad: The stage is set for conducting PUC II year supplementary examination in Dharwad district which will be held from September 7 to 19.
Deputy director of PU education Chidambar K on Sunday said that the examination will be held in two sessions — from 10.15am to 1.30pm, and from 2.15pm to 1.30pm. Though the district has 13 examination centres, the second session will be held at six centres only.While Dharwad city has four centres, Hubballi city has six, Navalgund, Kundgol and Kalghatagi have one each.
In all, 8,916 candidates (5,541 boys and 3,378 girls) have registered their names for the exam. While 3,402 candidates will appear for arts stream, 3,194 are commerce students and 2,323 are science students.
Anjuman PU College in Dharwad has been designated as a reserved centre to accommodate candidates who could be Covid-19 symptomatic during the exam.
“In order to ensure that the candidates and staff of the centres are protected from Covid-19, the norms issued by the department of health and family welfare will be strictly followed,” said the DDPU. He said measures like sanitisation of centres before and after the examination on each day in the presence of Asha workers will be ensured.
The staff engaged in exam duty will be present at the centre at 7am on all the days during the exam to make necessary preparations to follow the protocol.
All other measures like installing CCTVs, appointment of vigilance squads, security and maintenance of confidentiality of question papers, closure of photocopy shops in 200m radius of examination centres during the examination and imposition of prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC will be followed to ensure hassle-free examination.