Collector S. Sivarasu on Saturday visited the Teacher Eligibility Text examination centres.
He said that the test was conducted in 19 centres in the district. A total of 6,864 candidates had applied for it. Of them, 823 candidates did not appear in the first paper. For the second paper, 17,361 candidates had applied. The test would be held on Sunday. Forty nine centres had been established in the district.