Mysuru, March 21 -- The SSLC examination 2024-25 of Karnataka State Board began at 133 centres across the district, including 43 in the city alone, this morning.

On the first day today, the first language paper was held from 10 am to 1.15 pm. The exam passed off smoothly in the district, with no untoward incidents or exam malpractices. As many as 39,103 students, including 465 private and 734 repeater students appeared for the exam.

Earlier, the question papers, which were kept in strong room of District Treasury, were transported in bundles in GPS-fitted vehicles to the assigned exam centres in city and at Taluk-level, with armed Policemen on guard, on 16 designated routes.

Additional DC Dr. P. Shivaraju monitoring web-casting of SSLC...