Intermediate practical exams in Telangana from Thursday

The practical examinations for the intermediate students are set to commence on Thursday. The examinations will be conducted at 2,032 centres in the State from 9 am to 12 noon, and 2 pm to 5 pm till February 16.

A total of 3,21,803 students including 2,17,714 MPC stream and 1,04,089 BiPC students are expected to appear for the examination. Similarly, 94,819 students will take practical examinations in vocational courses.

Starting this academic year, the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TS BIE) introduced an English practical examination, which will be conducted for first-year students on February 16. Next academic year, this practical examination which is a qualifying paper, will be introduced for the second-year



students.

As part of the English language oral assessment, students will be asked to speak for a minute from a given list of 30 topics. The other oral assessments are role play and communicative functions. As part of the role play, two students will be given a situation in which they have to converse for about a minute or two. As for communicative functions, a student’s oral response will be recorded in a given situation for about one or two minutes.

Starting this academic year, the Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TS BIE) introduced an English practical examination, which will be conducted for first-year students on February 16. Next academic year, this practical examination which is a qualifying paper, will be introduced for the second-year students.