Students can enter state by showing SSLC, PU hall ticket: Min

Mangaluru: Hall tickets issued to students from outside Karnataka, appearing for their SSLC examination commencing on June 25, and the II PU English examination on June 18, will be considered a valid document to enter Karnataka. These students need not apply for a pass separately, said minister for primary and secondary education S Suresh Kumar. The SSLC examinations will conclude in Karnataka on July 4.
The minister, who toured the length and breadth of the state, to review preparedness for the SSLC examination, said the issue of students appearing for the examination from across the border, especially Kasaragod, figured prominently in his discussion with officials of the department of public instruction, zilla panchayat and BEOs in Udupi on Tuesday. There are around 16 entry points to Dakshina Kannada from Kasaragod, the minister said.
As part of the arrangement for the students,DPI officials and department of PUE Board will arrange for buses at the border, to take the students to their respective examination centre, and drop them back at the border, on every day that the examination is held. “We have a list of students who need some form of transport to reach their examination centre, and arrangements will be made accordingly, in conjunction with the transport and police departments,” he said.
With the coast and Malnad regions prone to flooding during the monsoon, necessitating students to cross dangerous rivulets to reach their exam centres, Suresh Kumar said the department has also kept a list of such students ready. They will be housed in various hostels till their examinations are over, he said. The department will also provide students with a handbook of do’s and dont’s in the run-up to the examinations, he said, advising them to focus on their preparations.