On the first day of Telangana's Intermediate Public Examinations, approximately 17,000 first-year students did not show up for the Second Language Paper - I on Wednesday. Only 4,96,899 of the 5,14,184 students who enrolled for the exam actually appeared.
Despite the massive turnout, two malpractice incidents were reported, one each from Hanamkonda and Warangal districts. The exams ran successfully in 1,532 centres across the state.
Students complain about inadequate facilities. Some students in Hyderabad expressed worry about inadequate facilities at specific exam centres. Complaints included a lack of wall clocks in test halls, which made it impossible to keep time. A parent whose child took the exam at a private junior college in ECIL expressed unhappiness with the lack of clocks and the limitation on wearing conventional wristwatches.
However, authorities from the Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (TG BIE) explained that a bell was sounded every 30 minutes to remind students of the remaining time. Relaxed reporting time, QR code integration in hall tickets. Although the last reporting time was set at 8:45 a.m., the TG BIE allowed for a five-minute grace period to accommodate late arrivals. In a notable step, hall tickets were encoded with a QR code that directed students to the appropriate exam centre location, making navigation easier.