7,656 candidates to appear for CET today, tomorrow in DK

Mangaluru: As many as 7,656 candidates, including a student with Covid-19, will appear for the Common Entrance Test (CET), scheduled on Thursday and Friday.
Additional deputy commissioner M J Roopa said that the Dakshina Kannada district administration has made elaborate arrangements with all SOPs in place. Roopa said that 7,656 candidates will write the entrance test in 17 centres spread across the district. There are about 52 students from Karnataka under Gadinadu Kannadiga Quota, .
A total 471 students will arrive at the Karnataka-Kerala border, and they will be ferried to the respective examination centres in vehicles arranged by the district administration, said Roopa.
The 17 examination centres in DK are situated at Mangaluru-9, Moodbidri-3, Belthangady-2, Puttur-2 and Sullia-1.
Roopa said that a candidate who tested positive for the novel coronavirus will write the examination in NITK, Surathkal. “All the exam centres have been sanitised and officials briefed about SOPs,” she said.
In Udupi district, 3,915 candidates including 2,061 girls will appear for the test in 10 centres.
Last year, as many as 13,290 candidates had appeared for the test in 26 centres.