Bengaluru: Even after the PU lecturers strike called off, the State government has decided to use the services of 2,600 personnel from other departments for PU evaluation to make up for lost time.

These personnel include unaided lecturers, staff from Department of State Education Research and Training (DSERT), Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) etc. This was part of the alternative plan of the government to begin evaluation.

Ramegowda, Director, Department of Pre-University Education, said that decoding and evaluation work at various centers was at a gradual space with the work on the verge of completion in at least 20 centres.