Good turnout of students on second day of Ist year pre-university exams in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi districts

Most of the students, except for long-term absentees, turned up to attempt exams held between 9.45 a.m. and 12.45 p.m. on March 29

Just like the first day of SSLC and first-year pre-university examinations on March 28, the second day of the first-year pre-university examination too passed off peacefully in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts with most of the students, except for long-term absentees, turning up to attempt exams held between 9.45 a.m. and 12.45 p.m. on March 29.

In Dakshina Kannada, of 19,326 students scheduled to write economics paper, 18,550 students turned up. Of the 14,624 students scheduled to appear for chemistry exam, 14,490 turned up. “A majority of the absentees are those who have been absent for a long time in colleges,” said Dakshina Kannada Deputy Director of Pre University Department C. D. Jayanna.

In Udupi, of 14,943 students, 14,243 students wrote the Business Studies, Optional Kannada and Physics papers.

Of the 258 students from the Government Pre-University College for Girls in Udupi, four students — two long-term absentees and two of the five petitioners in the hijab case — were absent, said college principal Rudre Gowda.

In the Bharat Pre-University College in Mastikatte,Ullal, which was closed for a few days during the hijab row, 56 of the 64 students turned up for the economics paper. Among those who attended included 11 Muslim girls. The college, which has more number of Muslim students, has hijab as a part of the uniform.

Most of the 472 first PU students of Kurnad Government PU College in Mudipu, the oldest government PU college in Dakshina Kannada, turned up for the examination. The students, majority of whom are Muslims, were in the college’s dress code.

In Mangaluru, 164 of the 177 students wrote the chemistry and economics paper at the Government PU College for Girls, Car Street, Mangaluru. Of 13 students who were absent, one student could not come from Kerala following an agitation by trade unions. Another student was absent as she is unwell, said principal K. Bharathi Bai.