Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education

Telangana Board of Intermediate Education
	Telangana Board of Intermediate Education logo
Formation	2014 (10 years ago)
Type	Board of Intermediate Education, Hyderabad
Headquarters	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Location	Vidhya Bhavan, Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana;
Official language	Telugu; Urdu; English; Hindi;
Website	Telangana Board of Intermediate Education

The Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (TGBIE) is a Board of Intermediate education in Telangana, India

The board of Intermediate formerly known as Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education, after separation of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh it regulates and supervises the system of intermediate education in Telangana . It executes and governs various activities that include devising of courses of study, prescribing syllabus, conducting examinations, granting affiliations to colleges arnd, providing direction, support and leadership for all educational institutions under its jurisdiction.

Honourable Minister of the State for Secondary Education acts as chairman and secretary to Government, Secondary Education as vice-chairman of the board. The secretary of I.A.S. Rank acts as the chief executive of the board.

The Board of Intermediate Education provides two term of course duration after the completion of Secondary School or 10th Class Examination.

The Various Courses as follows :-

Engineering Stream

Mathematics - 1.

Mathematics - 2.

Physics.

Chemistry.

Science Stream

Botany

Zoology

Physics

Chemistry

& Arts and Commerce as follows.

The Examination will be conducted for both 1st and 2nd year from the board.

The total marks are 1000.

Functions

To prescribe syllabus and text books.^[1]
To grant affiliation to the Institutions offering Intermediate Courses in the State
To lay down regulations for the administration of Junior Colleges
To prescribe qualifications for Junior Lecturers
To cause academic inspection of Junior Colleges
To process results and to issue certificates
Sanction of new colleges
Issue of eligibility and equivalency certificates to continue further studies
To prepare the lessons for Ku-band Mana TV for telecast

It has a two-tier structure – head office at state level and regional offices in 10 districts.

Aims and objectives of intermediate education

To make intermediate education accessible to all sections of the society.
To lay special emphasis on the Rural, Tribal, Socially under privileged sections of the society.
To strengthen girl's Education by improving their enrolment in the Colleges.
To monitor and supervise all junior colleges in the state.
To regulate the functioning of Private Aided Colleges to optimize the utilization of Grants of Grants in aid.
To provide quality education even to the remote villages through Tele-Education through Mana TV.
To make Education a tool of social and economic emancipation through Vocationalisation of Education.
Shift of focus from academics to marketable skills, by introducing professional and specialized courses in emerging areas such as Computer Science, Graphics, and Tourism etc.
Bring vocational education to centre-stage and to train students in practical and problem-solving skills.
Develop infrastructure to facilitate education to disadvantaged groups in backward and remote areas.
Provide Teacher Training.
To impart Teacher Training / Refresher Courses to update the knowledge skills of the lecturers.
To facilitate an interface with Industries and establish Linkage to ensure employment opportunities for Vocational Students.
To revamp and re-structure the Vocational Curriculum from time to time to cater to the changing needs of the society.
To promote vocational education by diverting a majority of students from general strength to vocational courses to make them self-reliant and gain employment.

Examination

Examination is one of the most important functions of the board. Every year a large number of students appear in Telangana Intermediate Examination for 1st Year (Junior) / Class 11 and 2nd Year (Senior) / Class 12 under the two course schemes – Regular & Vocational. Every year, TS Intermediate Examination has to be conducted in March/April.

Pattern

The Intermediate Public Examination is being conducted since 1978–79 both at the end of 1st year course and at the end of 2nd year course. Earlier the Public Examination was only at the end of 2nd year. The candidates are examined in Part-I English, Part-II Second Language and Part-III Group subjects as follows:

for 500 marks in 1st year and 500 marks in 2nd year in Arts and commerce Group
475 marks in HEG group
470 marks in 1st year and 530 marks in 2nd year in MPC group
440 marks in 1st year and 560 Marks in 2nd year for the Bi.P.C. group.

The percentage of pass marks in each paper is 35. The division in which the candidates are placed is decided on the basis of their passing all the papers in the 1st year and in the 2nd year. The final results are announced by adding 1st year and 2nd year marks together.

Marks Distribution of Intermediate Public Examination - Telangana

English - 100 marks [Practicals - 20 marks]
2nd Language (Telugu, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Arabic, French, Tamil, Kannada, Oriya and Marathi) - 100 marks
Maths A: (MPC) - 75 marks, (MEC) - 50 marks
Maths B: (MPC) - 75 marks, (MEC) - 50 marks
Botany (BiPC) - 60 marks
Zoology (BiPC) - 60 marks
Political science [Civics] (CEC) - 100 marks
Economics (MEC/CEC) - 100 marks
Commerce (MEC/CEC) - 100 marks
Physics (MPC/BiPC) - 60 marks
Chemistry (MPC/BiPC) - 60 marks

Syllabus

The Board of Intermediate Education, Telangana, Hyderabad is offering a multitude of academic programmes. With a view to give greater impetus to the academic aspects of the board, a separate academic wing called "Educational Research and Training Wing" was created. The board enjoys the prerogative right of prescribing textbooks of two year Intermediate course.

The board offers the following subjects

Part I – English.
Part II – Second Languages (Telugu, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Arabic, French, Tamil, Kannada, Oriya and Marathi);
Part III – Optional Subjects (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Commerce, Economics, Civics, History, Public Administration, Geography and Geology);
Modern Language Subjects (English, Telugu, Hindi and Urdu);

The syllabus of language subjects and optional subjects is structured by concerned Subject Committees constituted by the Board. The committees also undertake a revision of syllabus and its updates keeping the changes and current trends in view.

Results

2024 - First year: 60.01% pass; Second year: 64.19% pass
2023 - First year: 61.68% pass; Second year: 63.49% pass

References

Results 2024

^ Telangana Intermediate Functions. Tsteachers.in. Retrieved on 24 October 2015.

[1] Telangana Intermediate Functions. Tsteachers.in. Retrieved on 24 October 2015.

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