1.2 lakh to take BEd entrance test on Tuesday in Bihar

DARBHANGA: Lalit Narayan Mithila University (LNMU), which has been made nodal university for conducting Bihar Combined Entrance Test for BEd 2020 by the chancellor’s office, has made all necessary preparations to hold the exam at 278 centres.
The centres are spread over 10 towns – Patna, Gaya, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Ara, Chhapra, Darbhanga, Madhepur, Munger and Purnia. There are 84 centres in Patna alone and 36 in Darbhanga.According to state nodal officer for BEd 2020 Ajit Kumar Singh, altogether 1,22,331 examinees will appear for the test.
Singh said the test would be conducted following approval from the apex court and the standard operating procedures prescribed by the Centre and UGC in view of Covid-19 pandemic would be followed. “Funds for sanitising the centres and other expenses have been sent to all the centre superintendents,” Singh added.
Magistrate-cum-observer will be deployed at all the centres with adequate police forces to ensure free and fair exams. Raj Bhavan will also depute its observer for each district headquarters separately. The exam will take place between 11am and 1pm. Examinees, officials and police personnel will be allowed to enter the centre only after thermal screening.
“If any examinee is found running temperature above the normal, s/he will have to write papers separately. All examinees have been asked to come to the centre wearing masks and carrying a small bottle of sanitiser,” Singh said.