Srinagar/Jammu, June 25: About 19,800 candidates across the state on Saturday appeared for the Jammu and Kashmir Common Entrance Test (JKCET) conducted by the Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE).
 Students took test in Chemistry and Physics papers for which special arrangements were made by the administration.
 BOPEE officials said that about 9,000 students appeared in Jammu, while 10,800 candidates appeared in Kashmir to try their luck in selection for MBBS, BE, BDS, BVSC and other allied professional courses run by the government and private institutes in the state.
 On Sunday  candidates will appear for Biology and Mathematics paper. 
 Giving details, Controller Examination Gopal Gupta said that test was conducted peacefully in all the places and there was close cooperation between various agencies involved in the process.
 “No untoward incident was reported from any of the centres and at all the places special teams were deployed to keep a close vigil on the candidates to detect any case of impersonation”, Gupta said.
 About 19 centers have been established in Jammu, while 16 have been set up in Kashmir for the examination.
 As a new feature this year all the students got the carbon copy of their answer sheet so that they are able to judge their performance after the board will upload the answer key on its website.

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