Bengaluru: The SSLC examinations, conducted by the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB), started in as many as 2,818 centres across the state on Friday, with the first language paper, including Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, English and Sanskrit, being held on Day One.

As many as 8,96,447 students – 4,61,563 boys and 4,34,884 girls – from 15,881 high schools in Karnataka have enrolled for the examination.

The KSEAB has introduced web-streaming of the examination process, in order to prevent malpractices. In addition, tight security is provided to all examination centres. Further, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) and other public transport agencies are providing the students free bus service till the examination centres.

Minister for Primary Education Madhu Bangarappa paid a visit to the Karnataka Public School (KPS) examination centre in Malleswaram and offered roses to the examination candidates as a welcome gesture. In addition, he inspected the arrangements made by the officials at the examination centre.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who spoke about the SSLC examinations on Thursday, said that, unlike during the period of the Covid pandemic, the examination candidates will not be given grace marks. He added that he had opposed the move to award students grace marks in 2024.

He had, however, assured that the students answering the examinations would be provided free transport facility.

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Srinagar (PTI): Two police officers died in an accident on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway here, an official said on Monday.

Three sub-inspectors travelling from Srinagar to Jammu after performing Amarnath Yatra duty met with an accident at Tengan in Lasjan area of the city, the official said.

The injured police officers were rushed to a hospital where two of them were declared brought dead.

The deceased have been identified as Sachin Verma and Shubham, while the injured officer has been identified as Mastan Singh, he said.