Bhubaneswar: In view of the huge number of pending applications for Learning License (LL) tests, the State Transport Authority (STA) has decided to resume the tests from Monday.
The STA had suspended both the Driving License (DL) and Learning License (LL) tests amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The department will conduct the LL tests of only pending applications. The new applicants can’t apply for the tests. However, date of registration for new LL applicants will be released soon.
Everyone will be given a 15-minute slot duration in which there will be ten minutes for giving the test and five minutes for other formalities. A candidate has to answer at least 12 questions correctly out of 20 questions to pass the test.
The candidates will not be allowed inside the office prior to more than 45 minutes of the slot time.
An official said, “We will start the tests by observing all the COVID-19 guidelines such as safety protocols, maintaining physical distancing, use of face mask, no spitting at public place etc which have been issued by Health and Family Welfare Department.”
Applicants from Containment Zones and those with symptomatic signs of COVID-19 will not be allowed for the test.
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