Evaluation of SSLC answer scripts commences at six centres

Mysuru: The valuation of SSLC exam answerscripts started at six centres in the city on Monday. The process will be held for six days, and the results will be announced by the first week of August.
The valuation is being carried out between 10am and 4pm in the following centres: Gnanaganga High School (Kuvempu Nagar), Chinmayi School (Jayalakshmipuram), Sadvidya School (Narayanashastri Road), Vijaya Vittala School (Saraswathipuram), Nirmala School (VV Mohalla) and St Philomena’s (NR Mohalla)..
Around 3000 teachers, including assistant and chief examiners, are on the job. According to education department authorities, each valuation centre will have only 14 teachers.
Prohibitory orders have been enforced in 200m radius around the centres.
SOP in place for hassle-free process
Teachers who are aged 55 and above and those suffering from health problems have been exempted from the evaluation duty. Teachers who have been certified Covid-19 positive, or those under quarantine or have gone through medical check-up (and waiting for test results) have not been deputed for the duty as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) pertaining to the evaluation process.
Before the commencement of valuation, all centres and the furniture there were sanitised. As per the direction from the department, evaluators had brought their water bottles, personal sanitisers, face masks, umbrellas and lunch boxes. However, it has made arrangements for drinking water and disposable cups at the centres.
It has also arranged transportation facilities for evaluators coming from taluks. Before their entry into centres, all teachers are thermally scanned and their health checks done.
DDPI Panduranga told TOI that four buses are being run from each taluk so as to ferry teachers to and from rural areas.