Karnataka government issues SOP for CET 2020

Deciding to go ahead with the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (K-CET) 2020, despite the increasing clamour among students to defer the exams, the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) has released Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the safe conduct of the CET on July 30 and July 31.

After a high-level meeting on Monday, the KEA has issued SOP asking all the examination centres to follow the same. As per the SOP, there shall not be any exam centre in the containment zones.

Further, the KEA has directed that no centres chosen to hold CET shall be used for quarantine purposes. The KEA has also given exemption for students coming from outside Karnataka from quarantining. However, the district heads have been instructed to allocate separate room for such candidates.

Guidelines

1. Students shall be present 2 hours before the test time
2. Students/parents shall not congregate in groups
3. Each class room to have onl 24 students & two students in each desk
4. Students should bring their own water bottles
5. Special room for students from containment zones, those with cold, cough and other non Covid health issues
6. More than one additional test centre should be ready in every district
7. Hand sanitiser/thermal check must at the entrance of the centre
8. Wearing of mask is mandatory