Beginning second year inter syllabus before first year exams takes toll on TGSWREIS students

The Society recently issued a month-long micro-schedule for the first-year students on the second-year curriculum, detailing the syllabus to be taught in 38 Centres of Excellence (CoEs) from January 1

Hyderabad: In a decision that could have serious consequences on students’ mental-wellbeing, the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TGSWREIS) commenced the second-year intermediate syllabus for the first-year students even before completion of first-year syllabus and examinations.

The Society recently issued a month-long micro-schedule for the first-year students on the second-year syllabus, detailing the syllabus to be taught in 38 Centres of Excellence (CoEs) from January 1. This comes even before completion of the entire syllabus in subjects like Botany and Zoology.

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The micro-schedule also mandates holding three weekend examinations and a cumulative examination on the total syllabus taught during one month on February 2. This is in deviation from customary practice of teaching the second-year syllabus after completion of the first-year examination.

This directive from the Society has drawn severe criticism for teachers and parents alike, questioning the decision’s impact on students’ academic performance in the first year and their mental wellbeing. They termed the move worse than the corporate junior colleges, which at least wait until completion of the first-year examinations before moving on to the second-year curriculum.

Every year, the CoEs, which provide intensive coaching for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) – UG, take up revision classes followed by the model tests for students until the actual examinations are completed.

With the Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (TG BIE) scheduling the first-year examinations from March 5, the teachers fear that teaching second-year syllabus before the first-year examinations will dent students’ performance.

“Generally with a gap of one week to ten days after first-year exams, the second-year classes commence. Never had we begun the second-year syllabus prior to completion of first year curriculum and examinations. Some first-year syllabus in Botany and Zoology is not completed. This is the first time we commenced second-year syllabus before first-year as per the directive from OSD. This will certainly affect students’ performance,” a PGT said on condition of anonymity.