Telangana Intermediate 2019 Supplementary Exam postponed

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Telangana Intermediate 2019 Supplementary Exam postponed

A total of 9.74 lakh students appeared in Intermediate First and Second year exams held in February-March

Sunday April 28, 2019 8:33 PM, IANS

Hyderabad: The Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) has postponed Advanced Supplementary Exams from May 16 to May 25, it was announced on Sunday.

While the Telangana Intermediate First Year (Class 11) exam will be held during morning session, TS Inter Second Year (Class 12) will be held in the afternoon. The exams will continue till June 1.

According to the schedule earlier announced by the TSBIE, the exams were to begin on May 16. As the re-verification of answer sheets of all failed students and other applicants is likely to take more time, the TSBIE has postponed the Advanced Supplementary Exams.

A total of 9.74 lakh students appeared in Intermediate First and Second year exams held in February-March.

However, a goof-up by the BIE in declaring the results sparked a huge row and led to suicide by 20 students during last 10 days.

Following an uproar by the students and parents and protest by student bodies and opposition parties, the state government announced free re-verification of answer sheets of 3.28 lakh students who failed to secure pass marks.

Many students who passed the exams but not satisfied with the marks obtained also applied for re-verification of answer sheets.

A three-member committee, formed by the government to probe the goof-up, found that the BIE and Globarena Technologies, the IT firm whose services were hired by the BIE, committed grave mistakes in preparing the results.

Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) had released the result of Telangana State 2019 Intermediate 1st and 2nd year resulr for General as well as Vocational students on Thursday April 18.

According to the 2019 Inter results declared by the Telangana board, the overall pass percentage of TS Inter 1st year is 69.80. Pass percentage of TS Inter 2nd Year is 65%.

In terms of numbers, more than 2.7 lakh candidates cleared 2019 TS Intermediate 2nd year exam.

The Telangana State Board of Intetmediate Education (TSBIE) has the main objective of regulating and supervising the system of intermediate education. It executes and governs various activities that include devising of courses of study, prescribing syllabus, conducting examinations, granting affiliations to colleges and providing direction, support and leadership for all educational institutions under its jurisdiction.

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