Many schools to give mock SSLC exams a miss

The SSLC examinations are scheduled to be held on July 19 and 22

With a majority of Class 10 students unwilling to take the risk and travel to centres to give the mock Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination, many school managements, both government and private, have decided not to hold a dry run. The State government has scheduled these examinations on July 15 and July 17. H.K. Manjunath, president, High School Assistant Masters’ Association, said that they have requested the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) to make the test mandatory in only one or two schools in the taluk. “Many schools are not conducting the test as we do not want to lose the gains we have made in curtailing the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no need for schools to encourage crowding during these times,” he said. Students are also unwilling to risk contracting COVID-19 days before the SSLC examination scheduled on July 19 and 22.