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Telangana may postpone inter exams in line with CBSE, says BIE

HYDERABAD: Yesterday the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) decided to postpone class 12 examinations, officials in Telangana indicated that the state too might follow suit and push the intermediate public examinations (IPE), for a later date.

The decision will most likely be in line with what CBSE has taken,” Syed Omer Jaleel, commissioner, and secretary, Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE), adding that the board has drawn up four proposals for the examinations. “The final call will, however, be taken by the government,” he added.

But even as Jaleel maintained that no inter student will be issued a pass certificate without writing an examination and that BIE is prepared to conduct the exams.

“The state has already decided to cancel the examinations. It’s just that they do not want to make the announcement yet,” claimed Madhusudhan Reddy, president of the association. His reason: With just about two weeks left, the board has not even identified the required number of examination centres (it needs about 4,000) to conduct the exams. “Till date, only 2,500 centres have been identified. In the current situation, it is not possible to conduct exams and the state is aware of it,” said Reddy adding that even if state decided to go ahead with the exams, it will have no option but to postpone or cancel it if positive cases are reported even from one of the centres.

A high-level meeting to discuss the issue has been scheduled for Thursday and will be attended by the special chief secretary of education, Chitra Ramachandran, and the TSBIE secretary, among other senior officials.
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