Pics: Spoorthi Ullal / Umesh Marpalli
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru / Udupi (SP)

Mangaluru / Udupi, Mar 12: Anxiety coupled with confidence marked the faces of second PU students on Thursday March 12 as they began writing one of the most important exams in their lives which would determine the course of their careers.

Mangaluru

Udupi

The examinations will go on till March 27 in 1,1017 examination centres all over the state for which 6.11 lac students have enrolled.

A total of 34,733 students including 17,749 female students from Dakshina Kannada district are appearing for the exams.

As many as 15,746 students have registered for commerce, 12,236 for science and 6,751 have registered for arts stream in the district.

Flying squads and vigilance squads have been constituted to look into smooth conduct of the exam. The Department of PU Education has made arrangements to conduct the examination in 52 centres across the district.

Prohibitory orders are in place for a radius of 200 metres from the examination centres, and xerox shops near the area have been ordered to remain closed.

However, the primary and secondary education minister's claim of fixing CCTV cameras and tablets at the examination centred has not come true.

Director of the department of PU education, Sushama Godbole said in a press conference held at Bengaluru on Wednesday that in case of confusions or rumours, the director can be reached on cell phone No 9480814001 or joint director (examinations), on 9480814006. She has asked parents and students not to give attention to fake news spread by rumour mongers.

With DHNS Inputs