Hyderabad,May 1 Regarding to press release Board of Intermediate First Year Supply Examination fee last date is 3/5/2013 and 2 year Supply examination fee last date is 6/5/2013.

Hyderabad,Apr 30 APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW PRIVATE UN-AIDED JUNIOR COLLEGES IN THE STATE FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014

Applications are hereby invited from the interested Registered Educational Societies / Trusts for establishment of new Private Un-aided Junior Colleges in the State for the academic year 2013-14 in accordance with the guidelines issued vide G.O.Ms.No.29, Education Dept., dated 5-2-1987, G.O.Ms.No.114 Higher Education (CE.III.2) Dept., dated 9-8-2000, G.O.Ms.No.12 HE (IE.II) Dept., dated 9-3-2002, G.O.Ms.No.79 HE (IE.II) Dept., dated 21-7-2005 & G.O.Ms.No.05 HE (CE.I) Dept., dated 08-01-2008.

The new private Un-Aided Junior colleges are to be opened / sanction in the state wherever viability is available as per existing G.O’s.

The managements are requested to upload prescribed application Form-I online with effect from 30-04-2013 in the BIE website (“www.bieap.gov.in”). The application fee of Rs.500/- along with prescribed inspection fee (Rural Areas: Rs.7,000/-, Municipalities: Rs.18,000/,Municipal Corporations:Rs.23,000/-) should be paid together through online payment in Andhra Bank in favour of the Secretary, Board of Intermediate Education, A.P. payable at Hyderabad. The interested Educational Society / Trust has to down load and submit the hard copies of online application in duplicate along with necessary enclosures as prescribed, in the office of the RIOs concerned on or before 29-05-2013. The incomplete applications i.e., applications without prescribed fee, enclosures, etc., and applications received after the due date and applications sent directly to the Head office will be summarily rejected. Any fee once paid to the BIE shall not be refunded. The B.I.E. will not be responsible for any postal delay.

Further all the Managements who wish to apply for establishment of new private un-aided Jr. Colleges are informed that the guidelines and instructions are available in the BIE website and they should be scrupulously followed. No concession (or) extension of dates (or) conditional issues (or) condonation request will be entertained by the Board.

Source:Board of Intermediate Education

Hyderabad,Apr 26 AP Intermediate II Year Results to be Released Tomorrow at 4pm.

Vijayawada,Apr 23 Guaranteed opportunities in campus placement drives and feasibility to take up engineering after the course completion has made the polytechnic diploma courses the best alternative for the Class X students besides the regular Intermediate course.

The demand for the three-year diploma courses in polytechnic is increasing year after year as a majority of the industries offer jobs, especially in civil, mechanical and computer departments. It was once the most chosen course by the rural students but now the students from urban areas are also opting for it as there are vast opportunities in the industries that seek skill-based students with real-time industry knowledge.

Ch. Clinton, a polytechnic second year student, said that they are given industry-based training in this course as per the curriculum and the student has to develop personal skills and soft skills so that getting selected in national companies in the campus drives would be easy.

In-charge principal of Government Polytechnic College, Vijayawada, G. Sai Prasad Raju, said that there is a lot of demand for the course now. They received more than 6,000 applications so far from the district itself and the number would increase by the last date for submission of applications. The college registered 100 per cent placements in mechanical department and highest placements in civil departments last year.

The feasibility of joining engineering second year directly after the completion of polytechnic diploma in respective streams is also making students opt for polytechnic. Every engineering department in all the engineering colleges admits a maximum of eight polytechnic diploma holders through E-cet as lateral entry. Also, observing the demand for polytechnic courses many private colleges are coming up with different industry-oriented courses.

Source:Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad,Apr 20 The wait is over for students across Andhra Pradesh with the Board of Intermediate Education of Andhra Pradesh (BIEAP) set to announce the results of the Andhra Pradesh Intermediate First Year Examination 2013.

Speaking exclusively to www.IndiaEducation.net, a BIEAP Official confirmed that the result will be announced any day after April 21, 2013. The result should tentatively be announced on Monday or Tuesday.

The Board is expected to make an official announcement on the exact date and time of result declaration shortly.

The Andhra First Year Results 2013, also known as the AP Inter Junior Result, for both General and Vocational streams, will be available on the following websites:

www.ExamResults.net www.AndhraEducation.net http://Results.AndhraEducation.net www.HyderabadEducation.net

Students can also access their results on SMS, through the following:

GENERAL - SMS - APGEN1REGISTRATION NUMBER to 56263 VOCATIONAL - SMS - APVOC1REGISTRATION NUMBER to 56263

Additionally, students can register themselves on www.ExamResults.net to receive their results on E-Mail!

The Andhra Second Year Results 2013 are expected shortly after the declaration of the First Year Results.

Bangalore,Apr 2 Over 8.49 lakh Class 10 students appeared for the first language paper when the SSLC exams began in the State on Monday. A large number of parents were also found waiting outside the exam centres in the city to provide moral support to the students.

Most students that The Hindu spoke to mentioned that the language papers were easy but extremely lengthy. Abhishek N., a student of the Old Fort High School, who appeared for the Kannada exam, said, “The paper was easy. However, there were some tricky and unexpected questions in the grammar section.”

Another student, Ranjitha S., who took the Tamil paper, said, “As this is my first board exam, I was extremely tensed during the first 15 minutes. But later it was just like any another exam and it was an easy paper as I had prepared well.”

Some teachers also came to the exam centres where their students were taking the exams to encourage them. H.D. Mujawar, an Urdu teacher, said, “Most students I spoke to said that the paper was easy. But as the language paper is generally for 125 marks, they are lengthy.”

Next paper

The next paper, including science, Indian political science and music papers (Hindustani/ Carnatic), will be conducted on Wednesday.

Debarred

As many as 14 students have been debarred for indulging in malpractices during the exam on Monday in the State. A majority of the students, 10, were from Kolar district. Of the rest, two from Raichur and one each from Bijapur and Chickaballapur districts.

Speaking to The Hindu, Director of Karnataka Secondary Education and Examination Board (KSEEB) D. Venkateshiah said, “Depending on the nature of malpractice, we will decide for how many years they will remain debarred.”

Mr. Venkateshiah said that an invigilator in the Government High School, Kamalanagar village, Aland taluk, Gulbarga district, was suspended by the Deputy Director of Public Instruction for negligence during invigilation as one student had walked away in the middle of the exam with the answer paper.

Source:The Hindu

Hyderabad,Apr 2 According to a press release by Board of Intermediate Examinations it has extended the last date for provisional affiliation till 10/4/2013.

Hyderabad,Feb 13 According to the Intermediate board authorities, the practical examination scheduled on February 21 has been postponed to February 26 in some districts. The postponement is applicable only to the districts in which MLC elections are scheduled — Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Karimnagar, Visakhapatnam,Nizamabad, Medak, Warangal, Khammam and Nalgonda. There is no change in the schedule in the remaining districts.

Source:The Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad,Nov 6 In view of heavy rains in coastal districts,the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE),Hyderabad has revised fee payment dates for first year (regular) students,failed (general and vocational) students,and private candidates who wish to appear for the ensuing intermediate examinations in March 2013.The last date for payment of fee without late fee is,November 7 and last date for payment of fee with late fee of Rs 100,is November 9,according to an official release issued by the BIE on Monday.

Source: Times of India

Hyderabad,Oct 27 Over one lakh vacant seats will be available for spot admissions in engineering and pharmacy colleges to be held from November 5 to 20.

Details of vacancies will be displayed on ‘http://apeamcet.nic.in’ for the convenience of the candidates by 6 p.m. on November 5. Students, who wish to cancel the present allotment have to approach the Help Line Centres before November 2 and thereafter for any cancellation, candidates have to approach the college where they have been allotted a seat. Whether the colleges will insist on payment of the full fee to give its consent or charge some penal fee will be an issue students have to deal with. Officials, however, said that unless colleges give permission, seats will not be cancelled as students are now their property. Observers will also be deputed in colleges wherever it is felt necessary to ensure that transparency and merit are being followed. Some top colleges also have vacancies arising out of the internal sliding, and majority of the students will be eyeing those seats. In few top colleges, seats are vacant in new branches that are not so popular with students.

However, officials expect poor response to the process as candidates have to first cancel their admission in the allotted college and then apply for spot admissions in individual colleges. There is a likelihood of admission being lost if candidates don’t get a seat during spot admissions to be done as per merit.

The Admissions Camp Officer, K. Raghunath said that in respect of “single digit” admission colleges, permission has been given to adjust the candidates in other colleges. In such cases, both the colleges have to submit the “No Objection Certificate” (NOC) and also representations from the candidates to that effect. Such admissions made will be approved by the Convenor after a thorough check only.

Meanwhile, confusion prevails over whether fee reimbursement scheme would be applicable for candidates admitted during spot admissions. Though the Deputy Chief Minister, Damodar Rajanarsimha has assured to look into the issue, officials made it clear that they got instructions to go ahead with the process as per last year. An official said that candidates who are admitted now with the fee reimbursement benefit will be denied the same if they move to a new college during spot admissions.

Source: The Hindu

Hyderabad,Oct 26 The due dates for payment of examination fee by first year regular, failed (general and vocational) and attendance exempted private candidates appearing for Intermediate Public Examinations next March have been extended. Students can pay the fee till November 1 and till November 8 with a late fee of Rs.100.

The Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) in a statement here said that there will be no further extension of fee due dates. Candidates who fail to pay the examination fee now have to invariably apply for Tatkal scheme only, which will be announced later.

Source: The Hindu

Hyderabad,Oct 13 Officials told to make arrangements for smooth conduct of exams. Two thousand nine hundred and seventy seven students would appear for Intermediate second year exams in open school system and 1,540 students would appear for SSC supplementary exams to be held by the Open School Society in Kadapa district from October 16 to 26, Collector V. Anil Kumar said on Friday.

Addressing a meeting in the Collecorate Sabha Bhavan on conduct of the exams, he asked RDOs to thoroughly inspect the exam centres in view of irregularities in the exam centres at Pulivendula and Proddatur.

He warned of stern action against staff in irregularities or malpractices were detected. Inter supplementary exams would be held in 12 exam centres , including eight in Kadapa, three in Jammalamadugu and one in Rajampet. SSC supplementary exams would be held in three centres in Kadapa and two in Jammalamadugu.

Inter exams would be held from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and SSC supplementary exams from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Mr. Anil Kumar said. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 IPC would be in force and all xerox centres would be closed down. Two flying squads were constituted.

Source: The Hindu

Hyderabad,Oct 6 Not just in maths and science, but students will need good marks in languages too to get into the prestigious IITs, NITs and other top engineering institutes.

The Central Board of Secondary Education, which has been entrusted the responsibility of conducting the JEE (Main) and JEE (Advanced) in 2013, will include the marks obtained in languages when it gives 40 per cent weightage to 10+2 Board exam marks.

There has been no weightage for 10+2 Board exam marks secured in any subject while giving ranks in IIT-JEE and AIEEE all these years. However, the state government has been giving 25 per cent weightage for 10+2 marks in Eamcet minus languages since 2009. Since the state government has been giving 25 per cent weightage for 10+2 marks in Eamcet minus languages since 2009, students were neglecting languages right from secondary school level and focusing only on maths and science with an eye on cracking the entrance tests to gain entry into prestigious engineering colleges.

In a way, the weightage given for languages in JEE (Main) will play a decisive role in determining the chances of candidates making it to the JEE (Advanced) eligibility list as they have to figure in the list of top 1,50,000 rankers.

Though 10+2 students opt for languages such as English, Hindi, Sanskrit etc, they do so just for the sake of complying with the Board of Intermediate Education norms. Many of them try to manage with pass marks in languages in Board exams, while some try for first class marks to ensure a first division in their certificates as there was no weightage for 10+2 marks in any subjects in IIT-JEE, AIEEE so far and the 25 per cent weightage for 10+2 marks in Eamcet was confined to only math and science subjects.

The new initiative has been welcomed by teachers, students and parents, who hope it will encourage students to take languages seriously, but students say they should have been informed about this well in advance when they took admission in 10+2 courses last academic year (2011-12).

These students already completed first year of their course and completed more than half of the final year's syllabus so far. Students manage just pass marks Though 10+2 students opt for languages such as English, Hindi, Sanskrit etc, they do so just for the sake of complying with the Board of Intermediate Education norms. Many of them try to manage with pass marks in languages in Board exams.

Source: Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad,Jun 1 The revised text books for Intermediate first year science students will be available in the market from Friday. The Board of Intermediate Education has changed the syllabus to enable students to prepare for national level entrance tests for engineering and medical admissions from 2014.

The syllabus for second year science students will be changed next year. BIE secretary M. Subramanyam stated that revised textbooks for mathematics IA and IB, physics, chemistry, botany and zoology were drafted by the Board and printed by the Telugu Akademi in multicolour for the first time to offer better quality for students, he said.

The BIE has warned students and junior colleges to follow only those textbooks prescribed by the Board and not rely on textbooks printed by corporate colleges.

Source: Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad,May 28 Responding to a clutch of petitions filed by students who have charged the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) with gross negligence,justice B Chandra Kumar of the high court on Friday directed that the physics paper-II supplementary exam be conducted again for those students who paid the fee but did not manage to obtain hall tickets. This exercise should be completed as early as possible,the judge said. The judge also ordered BIE to declare results in time for the students to be able to apply to institutes like IIT and BITS.

He,however,directed the board to issue a separate schedule for the students who could not write the exam on May 16 due to delay in the dispatch of hall tickets. It is made clear that students and their parents should not be made to suffer for no fault of theirs.

Hence,the BIE is hereby directed to consider their case sympathetically and conduct re-examination for physics paper-II, ruled the judge.

Thousands of students from all over the state could not write their physics supplementary test on May 16 due to non-issuance of hall tickets.

The students contended that they failed to appear for the physics paper on May 16 despite having paid fees in time at their respective colleges and demanded that the physics examination be held again.

Also on Friday,justice Chandra Kumar directed authorities to restore the police cover to YSR Congress leader Bhooma Nagi Reddy. The judge found fault with the officials for having taken an unilateral decision in the matter.

Source: Times of India

Hyderabad,May 17 Students who have paid fee within the stipulated time but could not upload their applications for the Intermediate supplementary examinations will get their hall-tickets if they provide a proof of their fee payment.

A decision on this was taken by the BIE after it received orders from the High Court asking it to consider allowing students who paid the fee on time. BIE Secretary M. Subrahmanyam said that the board received the orders at 3.30 p.m. based on which all colleges were asked to present the forms along with proof of fee payment. “Hall-tickets will be issued to all such candidates and they can write the remaining examinations,” he said. However, some candidates missed the Physics examination as the court orders came much after the examination began.

Meanwhile, nearly 95 per cent of students who applied for the physics exam took the test. Out of the 3,19,834 second year candidates who applied only 16,750 remained absent. In the first year paper 17,226 remained absent among the 3,00,550 applicants.

The second year physics paper, which led to this whole confusion and uncertainty being branded as the ‘toughest' ever in the March examinations, was relatively easy this time. Teachers claimed that two questions were erroneous in the Telugu medium paper and these were Question no 13 in the four marks questions and Questions no 19 in eight marks questions. The same questions in English medium were different and this would have confused students, claimed P. Madhusudhan Reddy, general secretary, A.P. Government Junior Lecturer's Association. Moreover, more questions were given related to problems. Majority students felt that the paper was easy and on expected lines.

BIE concedes court order to allow students who paid fee to write exam

Students say the second year physics paper this time was easy

Source: The Hindu

Hyderabad,May 17 The Board of Intermediate Education has decided to issue hall tickets to all students immediately in view of the Andhra Pradesh High Court’s orders after around 20,000 students missed Day 1 of the supplementary exams on Wednesday due to lack of hall tickets. This will enable students to appear for the remaining exams from Thursday.

Many students and parents, however, questioned the decision as thousands of students could not appear for the first day of the exams. They demanded that the physics exam be re-conducted. The students and parents pointed out that Day 1 was crucial since it was the day for the physics exam in which over 31 per cent students had failed and many had got low marks.

Nearly three lakh senior Intermediate students had applied for the physics exam to improve their score while another 1.5 lakh failed students had also applied to clear the paper. Nearly 20,000 of these students missed the exam as the hall tickets had not been issued by then. Tension prevailed at several examination centres in the city and other districts on Wednesday when students and parents asked for hall tickets and demanded that the students be allowed to appear for the exams.

However, the officials denied permission saying that they had no orders to do so. Two errors were reported in second year physics question paper in Telugu. Question No.s 13 and 14 were the same About 17,226 students missed out on the first year physics supplementary exam which was conducted on Wednesday, out of a total of 3,00,550 registered candidates while 16,750 out of a total of 3,19,834 registered for the second year exam were also absent.

This was because hall tickets had not been issued to all the students. Thirty students were booked for malpractice during the exams. Meanwhile, two errors were reported in the second year physics question paper in Telugu. Question Nos. 13 and 14 were the same and Question No. 19 was different for Telugu and English Medium students.

The Board of Intermediate Exam's offi cial release on Wednesday stated, “In view of the directions o the Honourable High Court, AP, in W.P. No 15174 dated 16-05-2012, the managements and princi pals of the junior colleges who have not uploaded data of the fees paid can didates for IPSE May 2012, are instructed to submit the nominal rolls along with fees paid chal lans immediately to obtain Hall Tickets from BIE.“

Source: Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad,May 15 The Board of Intermediate Education said on Monday that secondyear passed students appearing for “improvement” exams from May 16, will not be labelled “private candidates” and that no “star mark” will be printed on their marks memo as in the case of failed students. The BIE made it clear that these students would be issued pass certificates as “regular candidates”. Nearly 3 lakh secondyear students who applied for improvement exams, got a rude shock when they received hall tickets from the board labelling them “private” candidates.

Nearly 2.90 lakh students have applied for second-year physics improvement exam alone, after a large number of students failed in this subject, besides many who got low marks. The students and parents had protested that the poor performances were because of an “erroneous question paper”.

Source: Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad,May 15 The Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) on Monday issued the admissions schedule for intermediate courses for the new academic year 2012-13. It imposed a ban on conducting entrance tests for admission into junior colleges and directed the college managements to give admission based on marks obtained in the SSC or an equivalent exam.

It warned that stringent action would be taken against the junior colleges admitting students on any other basis.

The sale of application forms will commence on May 28, and the first phase of admissions will be held from June 1 through June 30.

The schedule is applicable to all the government, private aided, private unaided, co-operative, AP Residential, AP Social Welfare Residential, AP Tribal Welfare Residential, Incentive junior colleges and composite degree colleges offering two-year Intermediate courses in general and vocational streams.

“This year, we have planned the admission process in two phases. The due date to submit applications in the colleges is June 30.

The first phase of admissions will be closed on June 30. The schedule for the second phase will be announced later,” said M. Subramanyam, secretary, BIE.

The principals can make provisional admissions on the basis of Internet marks memos. The provisional admissions made will be confirmed after the production of original SSC pass certificates and transfer certificate issued by the schools.

The board directed the principals to implement 15 per cent reservation for SCs, 6 per cent for STs, 29 per cent for BCs, 3 per cent for PHCs, 5 per cent for NCC, sports and extra curricular activities, and 3 per cent for ex-servicemen and defence personnel residing in the state. One-third of total seats have to be reserved for girls The principals have also been instructed to grant admissions only in the sanctioned sections and up to the ceiling strength of 88 in each section. They are further directed not to give admissions in the combinations dropped by the board. The admission to additional sections should be made only after permission is issued by the board.

During the admissions, the managements have to display prominently the number of sections sanctioned by the board for 2012-13, the number of seats filled in each section, and the number of seats vacant in each section. The information should be updated on a daily basis.

Source: Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad,May 10 Nearly 2.9 lakh senior Inter students have applied for the physics “improvement exam.” For the first time, the Board of Intermediate Education provided the students with an opportunity to appear for improvement exams, after nearly 1.8 lakh students — 31 per cent of the total number of students who appeared for Inter II exams — failed in physics.

Students and parents blamed the Inter Board for the poor performance saying that the Board had deviated from the blue print while setting the question paper. Bowing to their protests, the government decided to allow the students to appear for improvement exams, scheduled to be held between May 16 and 25.

As many as 4,79,353 students have applied for the second-year physics exam. Of them, 2,90,832 have applied for improvement exam, while 1,88,421 failed students have applied for supplementary exam. Moreover, another 21,226 have applied for re-verification of answer scripts, and 3,689 for recounting of marks. Many takers for physics exam Of the 4,79,353 students who applied for the second-year physics exam, 2,90,832 have applied for improvement exam, while 1,88,421 failed students have applied for supplementary exams.

Source: Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad,May 5 The hue and cry over the Intermediate Physics paper this year reflected how fragile our examination and evaluation system is. A slight deviation from the set standards of question paper setting shook thousands of students including bright ones who score no less than 90 per cent at any given time.

Such was the impact of the changed paper setting that nearly 31 per cent students failed in Physics alone while failures in other subjects such as Mathematics were just 12 per cent and Chemistry 11 per cent. About 60,000 candidates secured the exact pass mark of 21 while only 649 students secured 60 out of 60. It is quite apparent that those who secured the exact pass marks did so due to some liberal valuation of teachers at the camps.

Though the government succumbed to the pressures of students and parents to some extent providing some relief in the supplementary exams to those appearing for the paper again, the focus has now shifted to teaching of Intermediate subjects. Are the students learning the subject for knowledge and is the teaching designed for that, or are they being prepared for the marks that have relevance only to the next level of their study – either engineering or a conventional degree course?

Eamcet weightage

The very thought of considering the Intermediate marks weightage in the EAMCET rank was to cut down the increasing trend of learning by ‘bits' and ‘pieces' as the corporate colleges prepared students only for the entrance exams totally ignoring Intermediate education.

The Dayaratnam Committee, consisting of eminent academicians, recommended 50 per cent weightage initially, and five years after the new system has been adopted, qualifying marks could be considered as the sole criterion for admission into all professional courses.

To ensure fair play, the committee recommended a jumbling system for practical examinations too and inclusion of those marks for the weightage consideration. The committee also suggested that EAMCET be conducted in two sessions for both engineering and medical streams with the first session reserved for core subjects such as Mathematics and Biology and the second session for Physics and Chemistry.

Regarding content, the committee recommended that analytical type, matching and grouping type questions be included along with objective type questions. Among all recommendations, Government initially chose to adopt 25 per cent weightage and continued with it with the Supreme Court making entrance tests mandatory for admissions into all professional courses. Other suggestions were ignored.

The initial impact of the weightage was positive with some concentration on core subjects but over the years, the colleges have conveniently found new methods. Important questions are framed based on the blue print created for the convenience of paper setters and students are made to rote learn them. The Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) in a way indirectly helped them by not deviating from the established blue print.

Twisted questions

This year, the BIE deviated from its old pattern and tested students with twisted questions though they were within the syllabus. The allocation of marks for different topics too was changed leaving students stunned. The BIE Secretary, M. Subrahmanyam, brushed aside allegations of blue print deviation as he argued that the blue print system was discontinued from 2008 itself. Apparently, it was done away with due to apprehensions that any deviation would land up in courts and prolong the process of results.

Shouldn't there be a blue print at all for an exam that is taken by nearly 12 lakh students, is the question being raised now. Teachers say a blue print is must, detailing on what aspects the student will be tested. As per the old blue print, 30 marks were earmarked to test the students' knowledge, 22 ma

Hyderabad,May 4 The state government on Thursday said that the new physics marks obtained in the advance supplementary exam being held on May 16 for the 1.8 lakh Intermediate students who failed in it would not figure in the Eamcet merit list.Secondary education minister K Parthasarathy said that Eamcet rank list was scheduled to be out on May 24 and the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) was in no position to declare its results before that.Eamcet officials have made it clear that the rank list announcement would not be postponed.

Furious students and parents,whose protest had forced the government to agree to advance the exam date from May 23 to 16,held a protest in front of BIE office on Thursday.If the government is not willing to consider the new marks while calculating Eamcet ranks,why did they advance the date They raised false hopes, said N Nagaraju,a parent.Ironically,the government had advanced the dates to allow the students to be eligible for competitive examinations,including Eamcet,BITSAT (for BITS,Pilani),IIT-JEE and AIEEE. Higher education minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha has reportedly called for a state-level meeting of all stakeholders,including AP State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE),Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) and Board of Intermediate Education on Friday to discuss the issue.

Till last year,students taking advance supplementary examinations were considered for the Eamcet rank list.But this year,the higher education department issued a GO in the second week of April before the Inter results saying that these students would not be considered for Eamcet as hardly a few hundred appeared for it.

However,in an unusual development this year,a huge number (1.8 lakh or 31% of total Inter students) failed in the physics paper.Protests finally forced the state government to advance the advance supplementary exam date to May 16.Of the total 5.6 lakh students who appeared for the physics paper,4.8 lakh are appearing for the advance supplementary,including the 1.8 lakh who failed.

Source: Times of India

Hyderabad,May 4 Contradictory statements by ministers and officials of secondary and higher education departments over giving weightage for “improvement marks” in Eamcet have spelled trouble for over one lakh second year Inter students. These students are taking the improvement exam to improve their score in physics. While about 31 per cent students had failed in physics, several thousands more secured low marks, prompting the government to allow them to write the “improvement exam”. This is for the first time that second year students are being allowed to take improvement exams.

While the students are preparing for improvement exams seriously, the ministers and officials are creating utter confusion by making contradictory statements on giving Eamcet weightage for these students.

While minister for secondary education K. Parthasarathy says these students will be treated on par with other students, officials of higher education department say they will be allowed for Eamcet counselling only for the second phase by giving them Eamcet ranks later. Parents and students say officials are irresponsibly making contradictory statements and creating unnecessary confusion. However, clarity over the issue is expected on Friday when officials will meet CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and deputy CM Damodar Raja Narasimha, to take a final decision.

Students and parents argue there is no point in taking improvement exams if Eamcet ranks are not announced for them simultaneously with other students by taking fresh inter marks into consideration. “What is the use in taking such exams, when we have to opt for leftover seats in second phase of Eamcet,” asked A. Avinash, a second year student.

“If the intention of the government is not to allow improvement students in the first phase of Eamcet counselling, why did it ask students to appear for reexams in the first place? We request the government to rethink its decision,” said M. Aishwarya, a second year student. Meanwhile, the Inter board has extended the due date to register for improvement exams by another day to May 4.

Source: Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad,Apr 27 There will be no risk for Intermediate second year students in taking the improvement examination, since the better of the two performances will be taken into account. Students appearing for the improvement exam will be considered as “regular students” and will not be treated as “compartmental candidates” in certificate issued by the BIE.

It has been decided to advance the supplementary exams to May 16 from the earlier date of May 23. The physics exam will be held on the first day, May 16, to ensure that results are declared by May 24 so that students get their Eamcet rankings along with others and can appear for the Eamcet engineering and medical counselling in the first phase. The revised schedule for advanced supplementary exams for both first and second year students is mentioned in the box. First year students have to take the exams from 8 am to 11 am and second year students from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm on the same day. Practical exams will be held from May 28 to May 31 and environmental education exam will be held on June 1. The dates are applicable to Inter vocational courses exams also. The timetable will be issued separately. The Board has decided to conduct re-exam for 387 second year physics students in Nellore, whose answer scripts went missing, on May 3.

Source: Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad,Apr 27 There will be no risk for Intermediate second year students in taking the improvement examination, since the better of the two performances will be taken into account. Students appearing for the improvement exam will be considered as “regular students” and will not be treated as “compartmental candidates” in certificate issued by the BIE.

It has been decided to advance the supplementary exams to May 16 from the earlier date of May 23. The physics exam will be held on the first day, May 16, to ensure that results are declared by May 24 so that students get their Eamcet rankings along with others and can appear for the Eamcet engineering and medical counselling in the first phase. The revised schedule for advanced supplementary exams for both first and second year students is mentioned in the box. First year students have to take the exams from 8 am to 11 am and second year students from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm on the same day. Practical exams will be held from May 28 to May 31 and environmental education exam will be held on June 1. The dates are applicable to Inter vocational courses exams also. The timetable will be issued separately. The Board has decided to conduct re-exam for 387 second year physics students in Nellore, whose answer scripts went missing, on May 3.

Source: Deccan Chronicle