Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) has introduced a new OMR sheet for the Group-1 examinations being held across the State on Sunday. TNPSC chairman K Balachandran after inspecting the examination centre, told reporters that the new OMR sheets would help identify various problems and also possible irregularities.
He added about 2.56 lakh applicants applied for the Group I examinations and 161 lakh had downloaded the hall tickets till Friday evening. Group I exams are being held at 856 centres across the State. The Group-1 exams, initially scheduled to be held in April 2020, was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic outbreak. As far as Coimbatore is concerned, there were 11,887 applicants, 42.97 per cent of which 5,109 were writing the exam and 6,779 failed to attend, Balachandran said.
All the pandemic restrictions such as Body temperature checking, washing hands with sanitisers and wearing face masks were adhered to, TNPSC Chairman said in the presence of the…