Over 79,000 candidates appeared across 175 centers; APPSC stands firm on schedule despite demands for postponement.
Vijayawada: Some 92 per cent of the candidates attended the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission Mains Written Examination (Objective Type-Offline) in both sessions on Sunday across 175 examination centres in the state.
FAC secretary Narasimha Murthy said 92,250 candidates had applied for the examination and out of this, 86,459 downloaded the hall tickets. Among them, 79599 attended the first session Paper-1 while 7,9451 attended the second session Paper-2 with 92 per cent attendance.
The Paper 1 exam was held from 10 am to 12:30 pm; and Paper 2 from 3 pm to 5:30 pm.
In Srikakulam, 5151 applicants downloaded the hall tickets; 4715 attended FN session and 4704 attended AN session with 91 per cent attendance. In Vizianagaram, 5844 applicants downloaded the hall tickets; 5306 attended FN session and 5292 attended AN session with 91 per cent attendance.
In Visakhapatnam, 10322 downloaded the hall tickets; 9391 attended FN session 9370 attended AN session with 91 per cent attendance.
In Kakinada, 8863 downloaded the hall tickets; 8167 attended FN session 8163 attended AN session with 92 per cent attendance. In Eluru, 4169 downloaded the hall tickets; 3881 attended FN session; 3878 attended AN session with 93 per cent attendance.
In NTR district, 8792 downloaded the hall tickets; 8140 attended FN session 7374 attended AN session; 7,352 with 90 per cent attendance.
In Guntur, 8673 downloaded the hall tickets; 7927 attended FN session 7920 attended AN session with 91 per cent attendance.
In Prakasam, 4276 downloaded the hall tickets; 3968 attended FN session, 3965 attended AN session with 93 per cent attendance.
In SPSR Nellore, 3815 downloaded the hall tickets; 3548 attended FN session, 3546 attended AN session with 93 per cent attendance. In Tirupati, 5418 downloaded the hall tickets; 5055 attended FN session, 5046 attended AN session with 93 per cent attendance.
In YSR Kadapa, 54590 downloaded the hall tickets; 5111 attended FN session, 5096 attended AN session with 93 per cent attendance. In Anantapur, 6925 downloaded the hall tickets; 6463 attended FN session, 6441 attended AN session with 93 per cent attendance.
In Kurnool, 9400 downloaded the hall tickets; 8693 attended FN session, 8678 attended AN session with 92 per cent attendance.
PROTESTS: APPSC candidates in various parts of the state staged protests on Saturday night demanding the postponement of the Group-2 Mains examination. They alleged that “the errors in the roster system” needed correction. Responding to this, the state government advised AP PSC to postpone the exam.
However, APPSC clarified that due to the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct for the MLC elections, it could not take any decision that might benefit graduates. As a result, the commission decided to conduct the examination as per the originally scheduled date on Sunday.
