SSLC exam: Teachers are now just a call away

In order to help class 10 students for the SSLC examination when there is restriction on movement of people, the Department of Public Instructions in Udupi district has provided the mobile phone numbe

In order to help class 10 students for the SSLC examination when there is restriction on movement of people, the Department of Public Instructions in Udupi district has provided the mobile phone numbers of 72 teachers to answer queries. “On an average there are about 10 calls to each teacher in a day since the beginning of the service on May 4,” said Deputy Director of Public Instruction N.H. Nagur, who initiated the facility, which will be available till June 20 when the SSLC examination is scheduled to begin. Mr. Nagur said though students have been asked to call between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., calls are coming throughout the day. The questions relate to aspects such as theorems and equations in Science and Mathematics. There are questions regarding the pattern of question paper. There are also calls by students expressing their anxiety about the examination and teachers are trying to ease it, he said.