Plus Two public examination begins; 97.81% attendance registered in Madurai
The Hindu
Public exams in Madurai, Sivaganga, Dindigul, Theni, and Ramanathapuram districts show high attendance rates.
Public examination for Plus Two students begins with 97.81% of marked attendance for the language subject on the first day in Madurai on Saturday.
Out of the total allotted number of 34,337 students for the language subject, 33,585 students turned up for the exam. 750 students were absent.
For the French subject, 348 out of 349 students were present. For Hindi 66 out of 68 and for Sanskrit 282 out of 283 were present.
For Arabic subject, all 11 students took the exam.
Madurai Collector M.S. Sangeetha inspected the exam centre at O.C.P.M Girls Higher Secondary School in Madurai.
In Sivaganga district, on the first day of the public examination, out of the total 6,669 male candidates 6,555 candidates and out of the total 8,185 female candidates, 8,095 candidates turned up for the language exam. 203 students, 114 male and 89 female students were absent.
In addition, 86 differently abled candidates wrote the exam.
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