Almost half of the registered candidates for the preliminary examination for 106 Gazetted Probatitioners’ posts in Karnataka chose to be absent from the exam conducted on Monday, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
As per the statistics shared by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC), only 83,716 (50.5 per cent) out of the total 1,65,250 registered applicants for appeared for the exam.
The exam was conducted in centres located at Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Belagavi, Davangere, Hubballi-Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Raichur, Ballari and Shivamogga.
Meanwhile, special arrangements were made at all centres to allow Covid-positive candidates to write the exam. 45 such candidates attended the exam, Divya Prabhu, Controller of Examination, KPSC said.read more
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