PUC Results On May 9

Here’s some good news for those waiting with bated breath for the II Pre-University results. The Department of Pre-University Education is all set to declare the results on May 9 on the Internet. The results will reach the colleges a day later, sources in the department said. The evaluation was completed nearly 10 days ago but the department is waiting for the Common Entrance Test, being held on May 6, 7 and 8, to be completed. “We did not want students to be stressed out because of the results and do not want to distract them from their exams. CET is a very important exam for most students who are from the science stream,” a PU department official told The Hindu recently. As many as 6.2 lakh students appeared for the examination, which was held from March 13 to March 26 in 856 centres across the State. The number of students had increased by nearly 50,000 when compared with 2008. Of this year’s applicants 1,72,676 lakh are from the science stream, and 3,10,584 lakh and 1,36,859 lakh are from the Arts and Commerce streams respectively. Nearly 3.28 lakh students are from the Kannada medium