SSLC public exams begin in Salem, Erode districts
In Salem, a total of 43,477 students received their hall tickets for the exams, while in Erode, 26,099 students appeared; differentlyabled students wrote the exams with the help of scribes
SSLC public exams began in Salem and Erode districts on Tuesday.
In Salem, a total of 43,477 students, including 22,160 males and 21,317 females, received their hall tickets for the exams, which were conducted in 184 centres across the district. While 895 differentlyabled students wrote their exams with the help of scribes, 936 students were absent for the language papers. District Collector R. Brindha Devi inspected the exam centre at Manakadu Government Girls Higher Secondary School.
Speaking to the reporters, Ms. Brindha Devi said that instructions were given to concerned officials to ensure security arrangements at question paper and answer sheet centres, exam centres, and paper evaluation centres. Similarly, instructions were given to arrange bus facilities for the students to arrive at exam centres on time and to provide uninterrupted power supply to the centres, and over 3,000 headmasters, teachers, and nonteaching staff are deployed for examrelated work, the Collector added.
Meanwhile in Erode, a total of 26,099 students appeared for the SSLC board exams across the district here on Tuesday. Of the students who applied, 25,226 students took up language paper on the first day. Private candidates also took up the exam while students with disabilities attended the exam with the help of scribes.
Namakkal
Likewise, in Namakkal district, 20,032 students, including 10,335 males and 9,697 females, received their hall tickets for the exams.
The exams are being held at 92 exam centres. Likewise, 417 private candidates attended the exams in eight centres.
With the help of scribes, 334 students wrote the exams, and 268 students were marked absent for the language paper.