A total of 220 students including 204 fresh candidates in Dakshina Kannada district abstained from appearing for the second language exam in SSLC on Wednesday.
According to Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI) Sudhakar K, a total of 28,351 candidates, including 28,304 freshers and 47 repeaters, had registered for the exam in the district.
Among the absentees, 37 were from Bantwal taluk, 29 from Belthangady, 44 from Mangaluru North, 46 from Mangaluru South, nine from Moodbidri, 31 from Puttur and 24 from Sullia education blocks.
No untoward incidents were reported in the district, said the DDPI.
As many as 350 students were absent on the first day of SSLC examinations on March 28.
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