Karnataka 2nd PUC 2023 exam begins today for over 7 lakh students

NEW DELHI: The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) will start conducting the second Pre-University Certificate (PUC) exams from today, March 9 across 1,109 examination centers in the state. The 2nd PUC Karnataka board exams will begin with the Kannada and Arabic papers today followed by mathematics, education on March 11. The PUC 2nd exams will get over with sociology, electronics and computer science exam on March 29. Students will have to carry with them the admit cards to the exam hall. As many as 7,26,195 students have registered for the exam.

Wishing the students good luck, school education minister BC Nagesh said: "The second PUC examination will be held from March 9 across 1,109 examination centers in the state. A total of 7,26,195 students have registered for the exam. Necessary arrangements have been made by the department to conduct the examination smoothly. Good luck to all the students who are writing the exam."

ಮಾರ್ಚ್ 9 ರಿಂದ ರಾಜ್ಯದ 1,109 ಪರೀಕ್ಷಾ ಕೇಂದ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ದ್ವಿತೀಯ ಪಿಯುಸಿ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆ.

ಒಟ್ಟು 7,26,195 ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗೆ ನೋಂದಾಯಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಸುಸೂತ್ರವಾಗಿ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ನಡೆಸಲು ಇಲಾಖೆಯಿಂದ ಅಗತ್ಯ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ.

ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಎಲ್ಲ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು. @BSBommai

— B.C Nagesh (@BCNagesh_bjp) March 8, 2023

The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will offer free bus services to ferry students from their residences to colleges on the days of PUC 2023 exams. The students can avail of the free service on the production of their exam hall ticket or Karnataka PUC admission tickets.

Karnataka 2nd PUC exam guidelines

• Candidates must reach the examination hall at least 30 minutes before the exam time
• Students must not carry any electronic gadgets. Calculators and mobile phones inside the Karnataka PUC examination hall
• Students will be required to carry all the stationery including pen, rulers of their own
• The 2nd PUC students will be given an additional 15 minutes question paper reading time

The Karnataka unit of the Congress has also withdrawn the two-hour-long bandh it had called, as part of its fight against alleged corruption by the ruling BJP.