Telangana inter admissions to go online from next year

Starting next year, students and their parents will be able to get admission to junior colleges online. The State government has decided to do away with the present practise of admissions and instead launch a centralised online admission system for junior colleges.

The move is aimed at curbing exorbitant fees charged by the corporate and private junior colleges besides streamlining the admission process. The new online portal, which will be rolled out next year, will allow students to apply to multiple junior colleges, including the government, corporate and private colleges with a single click.

So far, the grading system in the SSC Public Exams has been a major hurdle for the government to introduce an online admission process for junior colleges. Under the grading system, Class X students are allotted grades (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, D2 and E) depending on the marks range secured by them. These grades made it difficult to fairly compare and rank students in the online admission process and allot



them seats.

The State government has now scrapped this grading system and brought a marks system, awarding 100 per cent marks to external examinations. As the marks will be awarded, students can be easily ranked based on their scores, making it easy for the online admission process.

“Removing the grading system will pave the way for online admissions in junior colleges,” said a senior official.

Currently, undergraduate admissions in the government, aided and private degree colleges are being done via the Degree Online Services Telangana (DOST). Based on the marks secured in the intermediate, students are ranked and allotted degree seats following merit and rule of reservation. The government is expected to take a similar approach for intermediate admissions.

Before implementing the online admissions in the junior colleges, the government may likely fix a new fee structure besides regulating fees in the corporate and private junior colleges in the State.