In all, 31,628 students from Mysuru will appear for the II PU examinations commencing from Friday.
The authorities have made all the preparations for the smooth conduct of the examination which will be conducted at 49 centres in the district. Of these, 26 centres are in rural areas and 23 centres are in Mysuru city.
The Additional Deputy Commissioner P. Shivaraju who reviewed the preparations on Wednesday directed the education department authorities to ensure that students were provided with basic amenities like desks and chairs, and ensure availability of drinking water, toilet facilities etc., at all centres.
He also said that CCTV cameras should be compulsorily installed in all classrooms to ensure that there was vigil and no scope for malpractice.
Besides, police security has been provided for all centres to ensure that prohibitory orders under Section 144 in a radius of 200 meters around every centre. All shops with photocopying facilities will be closed during the conduct of the examination, said Mr. Shivaraju.
A superintendent has been deployed for every examination centre and use of mobile phones in the examination centres have been banned and only the chief superintendent is exempted from it. Security will also be provided for vehicles distributing the question papers to different centres from the treasury.