The RTC strike had no impact on engineering and medical aspirants from the city who wrote the AP EAMCET on Friday.
Out of 17,187 students who applied for the engineering stream, 16,516 students appeared, resulting in 96.01 per cent attendance.
Out of 6,594 students who applied for the medical stream, 6,259 students wrote the examination, accounting for 94.92 per cent attendance.
The only complaint was the fleecing by auto-rickshaw drivers.
V. Kavitha, a parent, who lives in the MVP Colony area, said that the auto driver charged Rs. 200 for a drop to the centre at Dr. L. Bullayya College.
Anticipating some transport problem, most of the students reached the examination centres one hour in advance, said Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University G. S. N. Raju. There were a few centres on the university campus.
A majority of the students were dropped and picked up by their parents or friends.
Coordinators were considerate to allow students who reached the centres late by a few minutes. Students who had forgotten the online application and caste certificates were also allowed to write the test.
Most of the students were seen coming out of the hall with smiling faces, as the question papers, both for engineering and medicine streams, were said to be easy.
“Except for physics, the paper was easy,” said K. Rahul, an engineering aspirant.
