THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Amid the Covid-19 surge within the state, this yr’s SSLC and HSE examinations will start on Thursday. The VHSE examinations will start on Friday. The examinations had been earlier scheduled from March 17 to 30, however had been later rescheduled to April as a result of meeting elections. As many as 8,68,697 college students are anticipated to look for the exams at over 4,951 centres. The upper secondary examinations might be performed within the forenoon session whereas SSLC examinations might be within the afternoon initially and within the forenoon from April 15 within the wake of 1 month of Ramzan fasting.
The outcomes are anticipated to be revealed inside a month after finishing the examinations.
Preparations have been accomplished in any respect centres with immediate measures being taken within the wake of the pandemic. The state authorities has already issued an advisory to the colleges for strict adherence to the Covid-19 protocol. Solely two college students might be seated on one bench.
The well being division has cautioned the colleges to make mandatory preparations in order to make sure compliance with the Covid norms. All college students might be screened earlier than coming into the examination corridor. These college students with gentle flu-like signs might be seated in separate rooms. All high-risk class college students — these in quarantine and who’ve come from exterior the state — must endure a ‘sanitised hall protocol’.
As a part of it, from the quarantine centres, the scholars and their dad and mom (or guardians) might be dropped at the examination centres in devoted automobiles organized by faculties and parent-teacher associations. After every examination, these college students might be taken again to the amenities the place they’re quarantined. They are going to be screened and seated individually. As per the course, it’s most well-liked that college students from exterior Kerala be allotted separate particular examination centres.
Examination schedule
SSLC: April 8 to 29
Afternoon session: From April 8 (From 9.40am)
Forenoon session: April 15 to 29 (From 1.4opm and from 2.40pm on Fridays)
College students: 4,22,226 (2,15,660 women and a couple of,06,566 boys)
Centres: 2,947
HSE: April 8 to 26 VHSE: April 9 to 26
Forenoon session: From 9.40am
College students: 4,46,471 (2,26,325 women and a couple of,20,146 boys)
Centres: 2,004
Covid protocol
Solely two college students on a bench
All college students to be screened earlier than coming into examination corridor
College students with gentle flu-like signs to be seated in separate rooms
Excessive-risk class college students to be transported from and to quarantine amenities in devoted automobiles
