The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations in Anantapur and Kurnool districts began smoothly with thousands of parents accompanying their children to examination centres. As the exams were not held for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most parents were seen giving last-minute tips to students.
A total of 52,907 students from Anantapur and Sri Sathya Sai (SSS) districts, as well as 52,357 from Nandyal and Kurnool, took the school final examination on the first day. Most students were dressed in their school uniforms or in their own casual clothes, with nervousness written all over their faces. The examination began at 9.30 a.m. at 304 centres in Anantapur and SSS Districts while the test began in 272 centres in Kurnool and Nandyal districts.
Police security has been deployed at all the examination centres to ensure no untoward incident takes place. Sitting and flying squads have been constituted to ensure the smooth conduct of the examination and to check for any kind of malpractices at exam halls. The question papers were taken out of strong rooms early in the morning for the 9.30 a.m. examination. Masks have been made compulsory in the exam hall and students were allowed to enter the exam hall from 8.30 a.m.
