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SRINAGAR: More than 16,000 candidates on Sunday appeared in the pre-medical and pre-engineering Common Entrance Test in Jammu and Kashmir State. Out of the 17,939 candidates, 16,315 appeared in the test conducted by the Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) at various centers in the State, said an official.
In Kashmir province, out of 11,881 candidates 10,803 appeared in CET. There were 25 centres, including 17 in Srinagar, he said.
Eight centres were in Jammu, where 5,512 candidates appeared out of a total of 6,056, he said.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti visited a few of the centres in Srinagar and expressed satisfaction over the arrangements.
An official spokesman said the Chief Minister visited the centres at Women s College, M A Road, Amar Singh College, Girls Higher Secondary School Rajbagh and Burn Hall School.
Mehbooba Mufti had to beat a hasty retreat today from an examination centre at Women’s College here after angry parents protested against her visit.
She went to Women’s College on Moulana Azad Road to check the arrangements for the pre-medical and pre-engineering test being conducted by the Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) in various centres. As soon as her cavalcade reached the examination centre, the people, mostly parents who accompanied their wards, protested against her visit.
She said that despite facing hardships because of the prevailing law and order situation, the government machinery ensured almost 91 per cent presence of students in the test. She said the government machinery played a commendable role in facilitating the presence of a large number of students in NEET conducted last week and also hailed the commitment of parents, who helped their children make it to the examination centres.
The district authorities facilitated the movement of the candidates by providing them free transport facilities from the district headquarters to the examination centres here. PTI
