Bengaluru: Day one of Common Entrance Test went off smoothly across the state on Saturday for students writing biology and mathematics papers.
The higher education department said of 2,01,834 candidates registered for CET 2021, 1,62,439 appeared for biology and 1,89,522 for mathematics at 530 locations. These included nine Covid-19 positive students who wrote biology paper and 12 (mathematics). These students wrote the exam at Covid Care Centres. Physics and chemistry tests will be held on Sunday.
Higher education minister CN Ashwath Narayan said results will be announced on September 20 and counselling will begin in the first week of October. He said there were no reports of inconvenience from any centre, including the border districts despite lockdown restrictions and weekend curfew.
“The exam was held smoothly in the districts of Dakshina Kannada, Chamarajanagar, Mysuru, Kodagu and Udupi, which are adjacent or near Kerala,” he said.
