Karnataka SSLC Exam Time Table 2021 Released, Check KSEEB 10th Exam 2021 Date Sheet Here

Karnataka SSLC Exam 2021: As per the media updates, Karnataka Education Minister Suresh Kumar released the exam schedule for the Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination (SSLC)/10th exam. As per the released Karnataka SSLC timetable, the exams will be held for two days. The first papers - Science, Maths and Social Science have been clubbed in one paper whereas languages paper will be held together. Suresh Kumar further said that elaborate arrangements are being made to provide a safe environment for children to appear for the examinations without any anxiety. He said the SSLC exams are necessary for students to select their stream. 

Karnataka SSLC Exam 2021 Date and Time 

The Karnataka class 10th exam, conducted by the state board, will be held in two days. As per the scheduled release, the exam for core subjects such as Mathematics, Social Science and Science will be held on 19th July 2021 and the language subject exam will be conducted on 22nd July. Both the exams will be held from 10.30 am to 1.30 pm. A three-day gap between each examination will be provided by the department. 

Karnataka SSLC Exam Pattern 2021 

This year, in the SSLC exam, there will be multiple-choice questions. Also, the answer papers will have optical mark readers (OMR). Each subject will be for a maximum of 40 marks. Only one question paper containing all the three core subjects totalling 120 marks will be provided. The first paper will have Maths, Science and Social Science divided into three parts. Similarly, for the language examinations, three subjects of I, II, and III languages will be the parts of a question paper that totals 120 marks. Each subject will be held for 40 marks.  

Model Question Paper and Sample Papers

Education Minister Suresh Kumar also informed the students that there will not be supplementary exams this year. “Grades will be awarded as A, B, and C based on the marks. We will publish a model question paper on our website shortly,” the minister added. Also, a sample paper has been uploaded on the website. The same will be sent to the schools to tell students how to write it. 

Preparation to conduct Karnataka SSLC Exam 

Earlier, the government released the standard operating procedure (SOP) for teachers. The SOP mandated sanitising the exam halls, furniture, and toilets daily by spraying disinfectant solutions before and after the exam. Some other instructions are - 

• There would be 12 children in the examination hall and only one student at each desk to maintain physical distancing.
• Also, the SOP ordered students not to gather at any time.
• In the rural areas, arrangements should be made to ensure that the test centres should be created in a manner that students need not go to the taluk-level to appear for the exam.
• Vaccinating the teachers, staff, and officials involved in conducting the examination with the cooperation of the district administration is mandatory.
• Students will be allowed to wear surgical or good cloth masks as the Technical Advisory Committee on COVID-19.
• All the invigilators will be given N-95 masks.
• There will be compulsory health check-up at all the exam centres where students will be sanitised and undergo thermal screening.
• There will be paramedics and ASHA workers at all the centres. 

Over 8.75 lakh students will take the SSLC exams in over 6000 centres across the state and the number of exam centres has been doubled from last year to ensure social distancing. Also, the Karnataka government last year too conducted the SSLC exams despite the ongoing covid-19 pandemic and also the opposition parties and experts had expressed fear of overspreading of infection. As per the data told by the minister, last year 8.46 lakh students had appeared for the exam.