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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Mumbai: Maulana Ghulam Vastanvi, a renowned Islamic scholar and educationist, passed away at the age of 75 in Akkalkuwa, Maharashtra, on Sunday after a prolonged illness. A native of Kosadi village in Gujarat’s Surat district, he had been undergoing dialysis and other treatments for years. His funeral, attended by over 50,000 people, was held Monday in Nandurbar district.
Vastanvi was the founder of Jamia Islamia Ishaatul Uloom, a pioneering institution offering Islamic as well as modern education, including engineering and medical courses, to over 15,000 students. He had also started an MBBS college in Jalna.
In 2011, he briefly served as Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband but resigned amid controversy over remarks perceived as supportive of Narendra Modi. Known for his educational outreach, Vastanvi was widely respected in India and abroad, including in Saudi Arabia.
He is survived by two sons and six daughters. His son, Mufti Uzaifa Vastanvi, described his father’s life work as building “an empire to impart education to Muslim people.”