Row over OMR sheets for preparatory exams
The Hindu
Advertisement content of private PU college found
SSLC students and their parents, on Thursday, were surprised to see an advertisement content of a private pre-university college in the OMR sheets provided by the Education Department for the preparatory exams. The back page of OMR sheets carried an advertisement of a private PU college owned by a trust that belonged to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s family. The department scheduled preparatory exams for SSLC students on Thursday and Saturday ahead of the annual exams to be held on July 19 and 21. In order to make students familiar with OMR sheets, the department conducted the preparatory exams. The procedure included the distribution of OMR sheets well in advance to over 22,000 students. The parents were asked to collect them from schools. On the exam day, students get question papers on their mobile phones in pdf format at 10.30 a.m. They have to answer by marking on the OMR sheets. Soon after the exam, soft copies of the answer sheets should be sent to schools immediately and the physical copies by July 12. The first set of exams in mathematics, science and social science papers were held on Thursday.
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