Telangana defers intermediate?school merger, admissions to continue as usual this year

The Congress government has deferred the merger of intermediate and school education and announced that intermediate admissions would be conducted as usual this academic year.

This decision came after the Telangana Education Commission appointed by the Congress government recommended the abolition of the intermediate education system. The Commission wanted it to be replaced with Class XI and Class XII grades ? similar to the CBSE model.

On May 4, an admission schedule was issued by the Board of Intermediate Education. But,



the very next day, the Board cancelled the schedule, citing proposed reforms in the intermediate education. This announcement triggered anxiety among students and their parents as the academic year is scheduled to begin on June 1.

However, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday directed officials to conduct intermediate admissions as usual this year. This decision was taken in view of the limited time for admissions and the various technical hurdles currently impeding the process of merger of intermediate education with the school education system.