Hyderabad: As many as 9,80,978 first and second year students are gearing up to sit for the Intermediate exams set to run from Feb 28 to March 19 in Telangana. Nearly 40,000 additional number of students have registered for the exams this year. In light of this surge in numbers, Shruti Ojha, secretary of Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education, said, “We are making arrangements to accommodate the increased student count.”
To manage the influx, 27,900 invigilators and 75 flying squads are being deployed across 1,521 centres in the state.
“We are implementing stringent measures to prevent malpractices. All exam centres are now equipped with CCTV cameras, and a strict no-mobile-phone policy will be enforced for everyone, including DIEOs, supervisors, and invigilators, who will be required to deposit their phones in designated areas,” said Ojha.
She further warned that severe penalties, including imprisonment and fines ranging from 1,000 to a lakh, await those caught engaging in malpractices and cheating under the Malpractices Act.
Meanwhile, distress calls flooded the state govt’s Tele-Manas helpline in the lead-up to the exams, with 475 calls received from students over the last four months, reaching a peak in Feb. Of these calls, 398 were stress-related, while 77 pertained to re-exams, website issues, and challans. Ojha urged students not to succumb to stress, advising them to seek support from psychologists and psychiatrists, emphasising that exams should not be a source of excessive worry.
To manage the influx, 27,900 invigilators and 75 flying squads are being deployed across 1,521 centres in the state.
“We are implementing stringent measures to prevent malpractices. All exam centres are now equipped with CCTV cameras, and a strict no-mobile-phone policy will be enforced for everyone, including DIEOs, supervisors, and invigilators, who will be required to deposit their phones in designated areas,” said Ojha.
She further warned that severe penalties, including imprisonment and fines ranging from 1,000 to a lakh, await those caught engaging in malpractices and cheating under the Malpractices Act.
Meanwhile, distress calls flooded the state govt’s Tele-Manas helpline in the lead-up to the exams, with 475 calls received from students over the last four months, reaching a peak in Feb. Of these calls, 398 were stress-related, while 77 pertained to re-exams, website issues, and challans. Ojha urged students not to succumb to stress, advising them to seek support from psychologists and psychiatrists, emphasising that exams should not be a source of excessive worry.