Maharashtra: Scholarship test sees 95% attendance

MUMBAI: The scholarship examination held across the state, barring Mumbai where it was cancelled at the last minute, saw 95% attendance of class V and VIII students, on Thursday.
This was the first offline school based examination held amid the pandemic.
In Mumbai, a decision on the 24,472 students who had registered for the optional scholarship examination will be taken by the Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSEC). MSEC chairperson Tukaram Supe said that 95% of the six lakh students took the test. Supe said special arrangements were made for three Covid-positive students who wrote their two papers.
The exam was cancelled in Mumbai by the BMC on Wednesday, but students in Palghar, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Raigad took the test.