1,29,312 candidates appear for exam across State

Mysuru: Thousands of eligible candidates, who had registered for K-SET (Karnataka-State Eligibility Test) exam at 38 centres spread across the city yesterday.

The K-SET conducted by Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) is a qualifying exam for candidates to get appointed as Assistant Professors in Degree Colleges of the State.

The exam (comprising 2 papers) was held from 10 am to 1 pm in a total of 326 centres across 11 districts — Bengaluru North-South, Ballari, Belagavi, Davangere, Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Dakshina Kannada, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Tumakuru and Vijayapura.

As many as 1,29,312 candidates had registered for the exam together in all the centres. However, the number of candidates who appeared for the exam in 38 centres of Mysuru was not known.

The KEA conducted the exam in 37 subjects, with the exam for all the 37 subjects held only in Bengaluru centres and 13 subjects in the rest of the centres.

In Mysuru, the Police had imposed prohibitory orders in 200 mts. radius around all the 38 centres as a security measure.