Government colleges excel in Intermediate exams

Deputy Chief Minister Kadiyam Srihari releasing Intermediate second-year results in Hyderabad on Friday.

Deputy Chief Minister Kadiyam Srihari releasing Intermediate second-year results in Hyderabad on Friday.  

Special coaching for national entrance exams proposed

Government colleges’ performance increased by nearly 3% from last year while all the government-run institutions like Social Welfare, Tribal Welfare, and general residential schools registered better pass percentage than private schools in the Intermediate examinations.

Declaring the results here, Deputy Chief Minister Kadiyam Srihari said that 67.06% general students cleared the second year exam, a bit higher over last year. Similarly, tribal welfare colleges registered 87%, social welfare 86%, residential junior colleges 81%, Model Schools 68% and Aided colleges 55%.

Girls pass percentage was at 72.70 far higher than boys who registered 60.99% in the second year. In first year too girls registered 68.85% passes while boys were at 56.36%. The Minister said 57.14% students got A grade while 28.6% got B grade, and 10.77% secured C grade. Only 3.48% got D grade.

Medchal and Kumram Bhim districts were placed in the first position with 80% and Ranga Reddy district with 77% and took second position in second year results. Mahabubabad was at the bottom at 40%. Government Junior Lecturers Association president P Madhusudhan Reddy and general secretary V Babu Rao praised the government colleges performance and attributed the success to the lecturers.

Recounting

The last date for online submission of forms for recounting and reverification of valued answer scripts is April 20. Fee for recounting is ₹ 100 per script while for reverification and supply of scanned copy of the answer sheet it is ₹ 600.

The supplementary examinations will begin from May 14 and the last date for payment of fee is April 20. There is no provision for late fee payment.

Special coaching

The Minister said that from next academic year special coaching would be given to all candidates for JEE and other national entrance exams. As a part of this efforts would be made to finish the syllabus early and for two months coaching would be given. The schedule and the scheme would be finalised soon. Presently, about 3,000 selected students are being given special coaching for the national exams. The Minister also hinted at some change in the Intermediate syllabus in tune with the JEE syllabus. “There is a likelihood of a common engineering entrance in the country like the NEET for medical and we will prepare students accordingly,” he said.