Nellore: District Additional Joint Collector R S Raj Kumar directed the officials to make necessary arrangements for conducting the SSC advanced supplementary examinations in the district. He held a review meeting with officials at his chamber, here on Monday and said that measures were being taken for smooth conduct of the exams.  

He directed police officials to provide necessary security at the examination centres for preventing malpractices and also suggested to impose Section-144 at all the centres. He said that exams were scheduled to be held from June 18 to July 1 in 27 centres across the district.

About 3,341 students are going to take the exams, said Raj Kumar who also directed the officials to ensure drinking water and uninterrupted power supply at the centres.  District Educational Officer D Anjaneyulu, Additional SP Reddy Gangadhar Rao, Assistant Commissioner of Examinations K Sreenivasulu, RTC official  A. Subrahmanyam and Health Officer Dr Veer Prathap were also present.