Telangana students struggle amidst Intermediate board’s apathy

Hyderabad : The Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE)’s recently conducted 1st-year exams resulted in 51% of the students from the 2020-21 batch across the state not securing the minimum passing marks.
In fact, if the data is anything to go by less than 30% of students from Medak and Vikarabad passed the exams while most students were unable to secure the requisite marks. On Friday, a teenager died by suicide in Nalgonda district by jumping in front of a moving train as she was unable to perform well.
“80% of my classmates failed, including me. Even the ones who passed, just managed to scrape through,” said Raghu* a student studying MPC (Maths, Physics and Chemistry) at Sri Krishnaveni Degree College in Adilabad district.
Raghu, along with scores of other students finds themselves in this difficult predicament. They were unable to comprehend their classes, owing to the online medium and as a result of faulty internet were on occasion not able to access their classes either.
“The network would suddenly go off and I wouldn’t be able to study. I did some agriculture works when I was unable to attend classes. Now the government wants to conduct the 1st year and 2nd year exams simultaneously and the pressure on us has increased.” he further added.
The state board is considering holding the re-examination for the 2020-21 batch in March 2022 alongside their 2nd-year exams. This would mean that the select students would have to write their 1st year and 2nd-year exams simultaneously.