KCET 2020: The Karnataka government has decided on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, to hold the Common Entrance Test (CET) on July 30 and 31 in the state amid COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, the government has extended a four-day quarantine relaxation for students and their parents or guardians from outside the state and country, for the sake of smooth conduct of the exam.
According to the reports, around 1.95 lakh students will write the CET exams at 120 places in 497 centres across the state.
Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Higher Education Dr. C N Ashwath Narayan told media that the government will take precautionary measures to ensure the safety of students and staff while conducting the CET exams as it was done during the SSLC examination.
Thermal screening, wearing masks and physical distance will be strictly followed. The exam centres will be sanitised two days prior to the examination dates.
The Kannada Test for students from the border regions in neighbouring states will be conducted on August 1, Dr Narayan said. In Bengaluru, 40,200 students would write CET in 83 exam centres. Thirty foreign students will also appear for the examination.
The state government has also decided that students who are tested positive for COVID-19 can also be given the opportunity to write the exam. However, there will be separate rooms arranged for them. Also, those students who show symptoms of cough and cold will also be made to write the exam separately. Arrangements will be made for ambulances as well as transport facilities at all centres, he said.
Bus transport has also been organised across the state, he said while speaking about four-day quarantine relaxation for students.
Dr. Narayan said 188 students from border districts of neighbouring states will take the CET exam and they could do so at centres in border areas, not having to come to Bengaluru, as all arrangements had been made there.
Moreover, the state government has decided to defer the PG-CET and Diploma-CET exams as the final year exams are yet to be conducted for those students, he said. However, the PG-CET and Diploma-CET exams were to be conducted on August 8 and August 9, respectively. The fresh dates will be decided after the final year exams will be held.
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