THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A total number of 908 people from the Thiruvananthapuram district have appeared for the equivalency examination conducted by the State Literacy Mission for the classes IV and VII.
The students between the age group of 17 and 80 attended the exam which was held on Saturday and Sunday.
While 215 students appeared for class VII examinations at 16 examination centres, 693 students appeared for class IV examinations.
Among these 215 students appeared for class VII, 152 are women, 61 are men and two belong to the transgender category.
About 32 students are from Scheduled Castes and three are from Scheduled Tribes. It also includes three disabled students.
A total of 693 students appeared for the class IV equivalency exam, which was also held at 16 examination centers. Of these, 557 are women, 135 are men and one was a transgender student.
This includes 88 students from Scheduled Castes, five from Scheduled Tribes and six from differently abled categories.
The equivalency examinations were conducted in accordance with Covid regulations.
The exam centres were visited by the representatives of local self-government institutions, State Literacy Mission Assistant director Dr Vijayamma, District Literacy Mission co-ordinator Nirmala Rachel Joy and assistant co-ordinator B. Sajeev.
The examination was led by the teachers under equivalency mission and motivators.
