Bengaluru, June 20: SSLC supplementary examinations for 2017-18 academic year would start on June 21 and continue till June 28 in 673 exam centres across the state.

The exams would be conducted in 673 exam centres including 604 general exam centres and 69 private centres. Total 274 government schools, 251 aided schools and 148 unaided schools were taken for the purpose. Among those centres, 10 centres were considered as hyper sensitive, 17 sensitive and 646 centres were considered as general centres.

Total 2,07,936 students including 1,32,556 boys would write the exams. Among them, 63,735 boys and 39,501 girls from urban areas and 68,821 boys and 35,879 girls from rural areas would write the supplementary exams.

Tight security

Each exam centre was appointed either taluk or district level officers as exam centre supervisor under the deputy commissioner’s leadership. In the DDPI level, education officers and deputy project coordinators would lead the vigilance committees. In the same way, in the BEOs level, education officers and BRCs would lead the committees. For each exam centre, one resident vigilance squad was appointed.

Evaluation

As the exams would close on June 28, model answer scripts would be uploaded in the website and invite objections giving three days time. Total 54 subjects-wise evaluation centres were identified in Bengaluru North and South, Mandya, Chikmagalur, Davangere, Dharwad, Belagavi, Kalaburgi and Ballary and the evaluation would be held from July 8 to 12.

Subjects

June 21: Mathematics (core subject) and Social Science, June 22: Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, English, Sanskrit (first language), June 23: Elements of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering-2, Engineering of Electronics Engineering, Elements of Computer Science (Core subject applied to JTS candidates), Economics, June 25: Science (core subject), political science, Carnatic Music or Hindustani Music, June 26: Second language English, Kannada, June 27: Social Science (core subject), June 28: Third language Hindi, Kannada, English, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Sanskrit, Konkani and Tulu.



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New Delhi (PTI): The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon on Monday after paying tributes to departed members of the House, including two MPs who won the parliamentary elections this year.

As soon as the House met on the first day of the Winter Session, Speaker Om Birla mentioned the deaths of Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan, who was elected to the House from Nanded constituency in Maharashtra and Sk Nurul Islam, who was elected from the Basirhat seat in West Bengal.

Birla also mentioned the deaths of three former members -- M. M. Lawrence (Kerala), M Parvathi (Andhra Pradesh) and Harischandra Devram Chavan (Maharashtra) -- and paid respects to them.

After the House remained silent for some time as a mark of respect to the departed leaders, the Speaker adjourned the House till 12 noon.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, DMK leader T R Baalu, and Congress' Gaurav Gogoi were among those present in the Lower House.

Ravindra Vasantrao Chavan, son of deceased MP Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan, got elected as MP from Nanded in the just concluded by-elections.