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Bengaluru, May 10: Results of the SSLC and Second PUC examinations will be announced on or before May 25, announced Karnataka’s primary and secondary education minister Kimmane Ratnakar on
Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, the minister said valuation process of both SSLC and PUC has been already completed.

Editing and correction of answer sheets was yet to be done and will be completed before May 25, the outer date for announcing the results, he said.

He, however, said the SSLC results will be declared before the PUC results.

The boycott of valuation work for answer scripts of the papers by lecturers would have no impact on valuation or declaring results, minister replied to a question.

After the withdrawal of the strike against valuation by the lecturers, the minister said steps had been taken to speed up the valuation process by deputing additional 7,000 lecturers.

"The CID enquiry on question paper leak-out scam is going on. They have arrested main king-pin in the scam Shivakumar,’’ the minister said.

He declared that the education department is contemplating to revoke the suspension of PU Board officials, who were found to be not involved in the scam. "I have directed the officials to carry on internal enquiry against the officials, who were involved in the scam,’’ Rathnakar said.