Record turnout for DSC exam in Andhra Pradesh

HYDERABAD: A record 2.97 lakh candidates appeared for the District Selection Committee (DSC) – 2009 examination for recruitment of teachers on Friday. The examination will be held at 2,640 centres across Andhra Pradesh till Sunday for 52,000 posts.

They included 2.41 lakh candidates who took the examination for appointment as Secondary Grade Teachers (SGT), 46,000 who applied for language pandit posts and 9,000 who applied for Physical Education Teacher (PET) posts. The examination for SGTs was held in the morning session and for the language pandits and PETs in the afternoon. Director of School Education K. Bhanu Murthy told The Hindu that the examination went off peacefully and there were no complaints from anywhere. He denied reports that candidates were not allowed to take the test for turning up late. In fact, they arrived much ahead of the scheduled hour. It happened only in one instance at a centre near Balanagar here.

The DSC examination would be conducted on Saturday for recruitment of physically-challenged and deaf and dumb teachers in East Godavari and Hyderabad. On Sunday, the examination will be held in two sessions for selection of school assistants in mathematics, physical and biological sciences, social studies, Telugu, English, Hindi and other languages. 2.22 lakh candidates had applied for the post of school assistants.

60,000 invigilators

The OMR-based examination would be conducted under the supervision of 60,000 invigilators drawn from various government departments other than education. The results will be out in 20 days.

-the hindu