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All set for SSC exams

Staff Reporter

77,147 students to appear for the examinations

Prohibitory orders under Sec. 144 will be imposed around the centres
Students who did not receive the hall-tickets can download duplicates from the Internet

Kakinada: The SSC examinations are set to commence on March 24 and necessary arrangements have been made under the aegis of the District Collector M. Subrahmanyam. A total of 77,147 students (58,531 regular and 18,616 private) have registered for the examinations to be conducted in 323 centres.

Each examination centre will be monitored by a chief superintendent and a departmental officer in addition to total 3,807 invigilators and 15 flying squads. Prohibitory orders under Sec. 144 will be imposed around the examination centres.

Drinking water, ORS packets and first-aid kits are being provided in each one of the centres keeping the summer in view.

Students who did not receive the hall-tickets can download duplicates from the Internet and get the same attested by the head masters concerned.

A control room has been set up in the office of the District Education Officer (phone numbers 0884-2379328/2341783) to meet any contingency.

For the first time, bar code system is being introduced for Social Studies papers I and II on a pilot basis.

In a meeting with the teachers associations, Collector Subrahmanyam hoped that the district would secure a better rank from the 6th position in the State in the previous year.

He sought focus to be laid on improving the performance of C and D category schools.

District Education Officer P. Parvati and Deputy DEOs Nageswara Rao and K.V. Ramana will be supervising the examinations under the guidance of the Collector.

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