SSC Paper II examination conducted smoothly

Vijayawada: As many as 55,489 candidates attended the first language paper II SSC public examination out of the 55,686 candidates applied for the exam, according to the Krishna District Education Officer MV Rajya Lakshmi on Tuesday.

A total of 197 candidates were absent. A present percentage for 99.65 was registered.

Commissioner of School Education K Sandhya Rani visited six examination centres while the District Education Officer visited five examination centres.

The DLO visited five examination centres and Flying Squad visited 64 examination centres.

No cases of malpractice were booked on the second day of SSC examination and the examination went off peacefully at all the examination centres across the district.

According to the DEO, examinations are held at all 269 centres under the supervision of 2,700 invigilators in the district.