KCET 2022: First day of CET conducted smoothly, says minister Ashwath Narayan

Bengaluru: The first day of the Common Entrance Test (CET 22) – gateway to becoming eligible for seeking admission to professional courses of engineering, veterinary, farm science, pharmacy, naturopathy and Yoga – was conducted smoothly at all the centres across the state on Thursday, Karnataka Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan said.

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The exams went off in a fair and transparent manner at all the 486 centres under the supervision of deputy commissioners of the respective districts, Narayan who holds the Higher Education portfolio said in a statement.

According to him, out of 2,16,559 registered candidates, a total of 1,75,305 (80.95 per cent) appeared for biology and 2,08,032 (96.06 per cent) candidates appeared for mathematics subject, the minister said.

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He also said that on Friday, the exams will be conducted for physics and chemistry papers as per schedule. There were no reports of malpractices during the exam.