KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
Amid mass uprising in Kashmir valley almost 10,000 candidates Sunday appeared in the Common Entrance Test (CET), for pre-medical and pre-engineering degrees.
An official of the Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) told Kashmir Life that out of the 11,881 candidates; 10,803 appeared in the test.
The test was conducted at various centers, he said.
BOPEE had established 17 centres in Srinagar for the tests.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Ms Mehbooba Mufti visited Women’s college Srinagar to take stock of the arrangements. She was booed out by the parents who were accompanying their wards for the tests.
16315 candidates out of 17937 candidates appeared in the test across J&K at 25 examination centres.
Notably, government had made arrangements for the CET aspirants to reach the examination centres across Kashmir.
In South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, candidates were even ferried in ambulances. A top official from the district administration said that DC, Muneer ul Islam ferried candidates in his own car.
