The Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said that “there will be no more lockdowns in Bengaluru or other parts of the state as it was not the only solution to contain the spread of covid-19”. After the Karnataka CM statement, the government and authority of Common Entrance Test (CET) said that COVID-19 posititive students can also give CET exam with precautions and ensure that they will follow the state government guide line that government will give to the exam authority so students will do not miss taking this crucial exam that will decide their career.
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The Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka Mr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan said “precautions will be taken including seating arrangements for such students in separate exam halls. The candidates who are positive or those residing in quarantine areas should inform authorities at the earliest and will be ferried via ambulance to the centres. Such students will have to provide a ‘risk consent’ certificate and take all necessary precautions like masks and gloves”, he said.
“The state government that successfully conducted second PUC (pre-university) and SSLC (10th grade) exams even amid the covid-19 crisis will now conduct the CET exams on 30 and 31 July,” Ashwathnarayan, who is also Karnataka’s minister for Higher Education among other portfolios said.
The minister said to that there are over 1.94 lakh students who will be allowed to take the exams in 497 centres across 120 places across the state. The exams would be held from 10.30 am to 11.50 am as well as 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm, according to a statement from the deputy chief minister’s office.
This includes 40,200 students in Bengaluru. There are at least 30 students from other countries, Ashwathnarayan said. Over 1.3 lakh forms have been downloaded online, he said.
The minister said that all precautions will be taken including screening, masks, sanitisation of facilities and social distancing measures. All transport and other arrangements including ambulances will be onsite these centres, the minister said.
Ashwathnarayan said that this year all CET counselling and other processes will be done online.
Students coming from other states will be allowed to write the exams in centres near the border areas.
The post graduate CET or PG-CET exams, however, has been advanced, the minister said.Top of Form
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