panaji the twoday goa common entrance test gcet began on saturday amidst heavy monsoon showers altogether 2945 students had registered to appear for the test and despite the heavy rainfall the test saw an attendance of over 95 students officials of the directorate of technical education dte saidheld in the midst of the pandemic the exam saw smooth conduct as police personnel teachers from government colleges and dte officials were present at each of the 17 centres to ensure that social distancing was maintained as students entered and left the exam hallin some places personnel were seen asking parents who had come to drop off the students to disperse and not crowd outside the exam centre while the test was going onthe examination was held across 17 centres in the state including a special centre for eight students from the vasco containment zonethermal scanning of students was carried out before they entered the exam halls and footoperated sanitiser dispensers were also provided for their use despite the heavy rainfall on saturday no students were seen reporting late an official saidthe exam began at 10am with the physics paper and later in the day the chemistry paper was held at 2pm students were taken in the exam centre around 40 minutes before the exam to ensure that social distancing was maintained during this processgcet is held for admissions to engineering and pharmacy degree programmes and it will end on sunday with the mathematics paperthe test is of objectivetype questions answers for which are marked by students on machinereadable ors sheetsusually gcet results are announced within three to four days of the exam being held but this year the result declaration may take time as the team coming from outside the state to help prepare the results will have to follow the procedures of testing and possibly quarantine if at all the official said