Ludhiana: As many as 4,597 candidates were registered for the recruitment test of master cadre in Punjabi and Hindi held at government schools on Sunday. For Punjabi, 3629 candidates were registered for the morning shift (9.30am to 12pm), and 3,228 appeared for the test leading to 89.23% of attendance.
While 968 applicants were registered for Hindi and 809 candidates appeared between 2pm and 4.30pm and 139 remained absent leading to 83.57%. The recruitment exam for English will be conducted on Monday in which over 1,000 candidates will appear. Teachers will be recruited against 3,704 total posts.
The candidates underwent thermal screening at the entry gate and their hands were sanitised. Only 24 candidates were accommodated in every room maintaining social distancing protocols.
Ludhiana police commissioner Rakesh Aggarwal too has banned the assembly of five or more persons within a 200-metre radius of the examination centres under Section 144 of the CrPC till Monday.
Rajinder Kaur, district education officer (elementary), who is handling the charge of DEO secondary said, “The exam was conducted smoothly and GSSS Jawahar Nagar is the head centre and I have personally visited a few schools too.”