Absentees write Class XII exam

Coimbatore: Class XII students in the district, who could not write the last board exam in March due to the lockdown, appeared for re-exam on Monday.
Of the 22 students who had registered, 18 attended the exam at 14 centres. Of the four absent students, one was a regular student and others private candidates.
The candidates were asked to wear masks and use hand sanitisers. They were let into the exam centres after being screened for fever.
As many as 29 teachers were pressed into exam service, school education department officials said.
In Tirupur, only 30 of the 44 students wrote the re-exam held at six centres. Forty teachers were pressed into exam duty.
The 2020 Class XII board exams were scheduled from March 2 to March 24. As the first phase of the nation-wide lockdown was imposed from March 23, more than 34,000 students from the state were not able to write the last exam for Chemistry, Accountancy and Geography.
Of the 846 students across the state, who had received hall tickets to write the re-exam, only 519 turned up at 293 centres.