Vijayawada: Education minister Botsa Satyanarayana has announced that the Intermediate examinations will be held from March 1 to 20, while the Class X examinations from March 18 to 30.
The minister said the schedules were finalised after discussions between the CBSE Board and state governments.
As many as 16 lakh students would be sitting for the SSC and Intermediate examinations. Of these, six lakh students are for SSC, 5.29 lakh for first Inter and 4.76 lakh students for Inter second year.
The state government has decided to complete both the SSC and Inter exams before the release of the 2024 Assembly election notification, he stated.
Satyanarayana said the state government wants to avoid any problem for students due to the elections in April. “The education department is making all necessary arrangements for the exams,” he said.
SSC exams will be held from 9.30 am to 12.45 pm and the Inter exams from 9 am to 12 noon. Examinations will not be conducted on Sundays, second Saturdays and public holidays.
He hoped that all the students would pass and there would be 100 per cent success.
Intermediate practical exams would be conducted from February 5 to 20 and theory exams from March 1 to 20.
For Intermediate first-year, the exams would start on March 1 with second language paper-1, while English paper-1 would be on March 4, Mathematics paper-1a, Botany-1 and Civics-1 on March 6, Zoology-1, Mathematics-1B and History-1 on March 9, Physics-1 and Economics-1 on March 12, Chemistry-1, Commerce -1, Sociology-1 and Fine Arts/Music paper-1 on March 14, public Administration-1, Logic-1, Bridge Course Mathematics-1 on March 16 and modern Language-1 and Geography-1 on March 19.
For Intermediate second year, the second language paper-2 would be on March 2, English paper-2 on March 5, Mathematics paper-2a, Botany-2 and Civics-2 on March 7, Zoology-2, Mathematics-2B and History-2 on March 11, Physics-2 and Economics-2 on March 13, Chemistry-2, Commerce -2, Sociology-2 and Fine Arts/Music paper-2 on March 15, Public Administration-2, Logic-2, Bridge course Mathematics-2 on March 18 and Modern Language-2 and Geography-2 on March 20.
Class X examination schedule:
For the Class X students, the First Language examination will be on March 18 and second language on March 19. This would be followed by the English exam on March 20, Mathematics on March 22, Physical Science on March 23, Biological Science on March 26 and Social Studies exam on March 27.
The First Language paper-2 (Composite Course), OSSC Main Language paper-1 (Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian) exam would be on March 28 and OSSC Main Language paper-2 (Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian) and SSC vocational course (theory) exams on March 30.
