<p class="title">Deputy Commissioner Charulata Somal directed the officials to take all necessary measures to conduct SSLC examinations on July 19 and 22.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chairing a preparatory meeting at the DC's office hall in Madikeri on Monday, she insisted on holding exams without any confusion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"All precautionary measures should be followed in the examination hall. The students should be tested with a thermal scanner and pulse oximeter. The students should wear masks," she said and sought information on the SSLC students who are home quarantined.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Charulata Somal also directed the health department to deploy ambulances and a medical team in each taluk, for the benefit of the students.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The examination centres should be sanitised by the local bodies, she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">DDPI Shridharan said that 6,906 students in the district will take SSLC exams this year. Out of these, 3,462 are boys and 3,384 are girls.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There are 2,041 candidates in Madikeri taluk, 2,703 in Somwarpet and 2,162 in Virajpet taluk. A total of 1,352 staff will be on examination duty, at various centres. All the examination staff have received the first jab against Covid-19, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A mock examination will be held for the students, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bharat Scouts and Guides representative Jimmy Sequeira handed over 7,000 masks to the DDPI, for the SSLC candidates.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Superintendent of Police Kshama Mishra, Additional DC Raju Mogavira, District Health and Family Welfare Officer Dr K Mohan, Zilla Panchayat deputy secretary Lakshmi, district nodal officer K Kantharaju, block education officers Shrishaila Bilagi, H K Pandu and Gururaju were present in the meeting.</p>
<p class="title">Deputy Commissioner Charulata Somal directed the officials to take all necessary measures to conduct SSLC examinations on July 19 and 22.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chairing a preparatory meeting at the DC's office hall in Madikeri on Monday, she insisted on holding exams without any confusion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"All precautionary measures should be followed in the examination hall. The students should be tested with a thermal scanner and pulse oximeter. The students should wear masks," she said and sought information on the SSLC students who are home quarantined.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Charulata Somal also directed the health department to deploy ambulances and a medical team in each taluk, for the benefit of the students.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The examination centres should be sanitised by the local bodies, she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">DDPI Shridharan said that 6,906 students in the district will take SSLC exams this year. Out of these, 3,462 are boys and 3,384 are girls.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There are 2,041 candidates in Madikeri taluk, 2,703 in Somwarpet and 2,162 in Virajpet taluk. A total of 1,352 staff will be on examination duty, at various centres. All the examination staff have received the first jab against Covid-19, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A mock examination will be held for the students, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bharat Scouts and Guides representative Jimmy Sequeira handed over 7,000 masks to the DDPI, for the SSLC candidates.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Superintendent of Police Kshama Mishra, Additional DC Raju Mogavira, District Health and Family Welfare Officer Dr K Mohan, Zilla Panchayat deputy secretary Lakshmi, district nodal officer K Kantharaju, block education officers Shrishaila Bilagi, H K Pandu and Gururaju were present in the meeting.</p>