Bengaluru: The results of the 2018 SSLC exams will be declared in the first week of May.

Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait told reporters after the exams ended on Friday.

Though sources in the SSLC Board said that results could be announced on May 3 or May 7, the minister did not give any specific date.

He said he was satisfied with the conduct of exams.

There were 33 subjects this year. At least 2.73% students were absent for exams, while 51 students from 2,817 exam centres were debarred for indulging in malpractice.

The minister said that key answers will be uploaded on the board's website on April 8. Objections can be filed between April 8 and 10.

Sait said that from the next academic year, the examination board itself will conduct the supplementary exams. The state saw a 73.47% pass percentage last year.

The PU exam results may be announced by end of the month, Sait added.

 

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Pathanamthitta (Kerala) (PTI): A seven-year-old boy died after a window frame fell on him at his residence here on Sunday, police said.

The deceased has been identified as Drupath, son of Thanoj Kumar, a resident of Ezhamkulam near Adoor.

According to the FIR, the incident occurred around 9 am when a window frame that had been leaning against a wall toppled.

Police said the boy was climbing on the window rods when the frame suddenly fell on him.

He was first rushed to a nearby hospital and later shifted to a health facility, where he succumbed to his injuries, officials said.

Police have registered a case of unnatural death and launched an investigation.