Inter Practicals: No Jumbling

In what may be a huge relief to thousands of intermediate students in AP, the state government, on Tuesday, deferred its decision to introduce the "jumbling system" (in which students will be sent to laboratories of other colleges for their exams in science practicals), by one more year.

According to Minister for Secondary Education K Parthasarathy, the government has taken this decision as many private college managements have been opposing the system arguing that exposing students to new laboratories would hit the marks of students as "the facilities in several colleges were not up to the mark".

Talking to media persons in his chambers at the Secretariat, Parthasarathy said that the jumbling system is being exempted only for this academic year.

"The government will not allow for any relaxation for the jumbling system from the next academic calendar," he stated.

"The government has received many requests from colleges and students' bodies to exempt the jumbling system for practicals this year. Considering the interest of students, the government has decided to postpone it by one year. The college managements have given a written statement that they will adopt the jumbling system from the next academic year," he said.

He also added that the syllabus in intermediate education would be updated to prepare them for the national level examinations. (INN)