Hyderabad, January 9: The Minister for Secondary Education, Mr K. Parthasaradhi, on Saturday appealed to the agitators to exempt the educational institutions from bandh calls keeping in view the interests of the students. He also said that jumbling system would not be implemented for practical examinations this academic year.
Speaking to the media in his chamber in the Secretariat, Mr Parthasaradhi said that the syllabi of various courses of Intermediate education were not completed so far due to various reasons. Special steps would be taken to complete the remaining syllabus. The lecturers have accepted the request of the government for extending their help to hold special classes in the colleges. He appealed to the agitators to exempt the educational institutions from the bandh calls keeping view the interests of the students in the State.
The Minister also said that jumbling system would not be implemented in the practical examinations of Intermediate courses this year. From the next academic year, a plan would be prepared for practical examinations and the system would be adopted to hold lab classes from the beginning of the academic year, he added. He also clarified that the steps would be taken to prevent any scope for allegations on practical examinations.
Mr Parthasarathi said that the officials concerned have been directed to conduct inspections to the labs of the Intermediate colleges and take steps that all the colleges should have labs with required equipment. He pointed out that labs in 60 per cent of the Intermediate colleges in the State do not have required equipment. Out of 4,800 Intermediate colleges, only 2,000 colleges have labs with required equipment, he added.
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