Telangana BIE clarifies ‘anti-drug affidavit’ for admission

The Telangana Board of Intermediate Education clarified that students and parents need only submit a simple anti-drug declaration during admissions, not a notarised affidavit. The move follows confusion over the 2026–27 admission guidelines and aims to ease the process.

Hyderabad: The Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (TG BIE) on Wednesday clarified that junior colleges were instructed to obtain a simple anti-drug declaration from students and parents at the time of admission.

This clarification follows the Board’s recent admission schedule for academic year 2026-27 that mandated an ‘anti-drug affidavit’ from both students and parents during the admission process.

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The affidavit rule created confusion among students and parents, who believed a notarised affidavit obtained from a lawyer has to be submitted for admission.

“The said declaration will not be treated as a notarized affidavit under any circumstances. No student or parent is required to approach a Notary or incur any expenditure for the purpose of submission of the declaration,” the Board clarified.

Telangana Gazetted Junior Lecturers Association_475, which earlier raised the issue, welcomed the clarification on the admission requirement.

Further, the declaration forms are made available on the official website of TGBIE for easy access and implementation, it said.

All principals are instructed to strictly adhere to the clarification and ensure that no inconvenience is caused to students or parents during the admission process, it added.