Student upset at being allotted exam centre 30km away

Hubballi: The state government has announced that all arrangements have been made for SSLC students to take their annual examinations scheduled to be held from June 25 at their nearest examination centres. However, a girl SSLC student of Yalamageri village of Koppal district has been allotted a centre which is nearly 30km away from her home.
Vijayalaxmi Patil is a student of the residential Best School in Ballari. She returned home after the lockdown was clamped.
“I requested that I be allotted the Irakalgada exam centre, which is just 2km away from my home, but I have been allotted the Hiresindogi centre, which is 30km from my village. I am scared that I will have to spend 2-3 hours travelling during the examination, so I am in a dilemma whether to take the exam or skip it,” said Vijaylaxmi Patil.
Sannagouda Patil, Vijayalaxmi’s uncle, who is a farmer, said that they requested the school management and BEO to help Vijayalaxmi to take the exam at the nearby centre, but there is no official confirmation regarding this. “The centre is too far away, and we have to accompany her daily. Moreover, there is no bus facility from our village to the examination centre. As it is a question of her future, we are still trying our best to convince Vijayalaxmi to attend the exam in the centre allotted,” he said.
“We have approached the Koppal BEO regarding the matter, who assured to provide a vehicle to pick up and drop her back home from the exam centre, if her centre is not changed, but it is not yet officially confirmed,” he added.
Vijayalaxmi C, who is the headmistress of Best School in Ballari, said that it was wrong to allot Vijaylaxmi Patil a centre which was so far away. We have approached the SSLC board to allot a nearby centre to Vijalaxami, but we were informed by officials that it is impossible for them to change the centre at this last minute. She said that the school was willing to bear the travel expenses of the girl and her parents to the exam centre and back.