Telangana Inter Board to implement jumbling system for inter practical exams

TG BIE will implement a jumbling system for intermediate practical exams from February 2, 2026, allotting students to different colleges. Exams will be monitored via CCTV, ensuring fairness, with special provisions for JEE Main candidates

Hyderabad: Commencing this academic year, the intermediate students appearing for the practical exams will not be tested in familiar lab settings with the Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (TG BIE) deciding to implement the jumbling system.

The jumbling system means students from one junior college will be allotted a centre in another college for practical examinations, commencing February 2, 2026. So far, this practice was limited to theory examinations.

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TG BIE will initially implement this new system in government-sector junior colleges allotting students from these colleges to centres in different colleges that have all the laboratory facilities. This new practice will enable colleges and students to overcome any challenges arising due to deficiencies in lab facilities.

“The best colleges among the government-sector ones in an area will be selected and students will be allotted a centre there,” a senior TG BIE official told ‘Telangana Today’.

In addition to the jumbling system, the practical examinations will be conducted under CCTV cameras surveillance. All junior colleges have already been directed to install CCTV cameras in the laboratories and connect those cameras to TG BIE’s command control centre. This will enable officials to directly monitor the exams and prevent any malpractice or irregularities in the exam.

The practical exams will be held from February 2 to 21, including on Sundays, in two sessions i.e., 9 am to 12 noon, and 2 pm to 5 pm. Prior to science practical exams, English practical exams for the first and second-year students are scheduled for January 21 and 22 respectively.

Further, the ethics and human values exam, and environmental education exam will be conducted on January 23 and 24 respectively. Timings of the both exams are 10 am to 1 pm.

“If dates of intermediate practical exams 2026 coincide with JEE Main 2026 schedule, candidates appearing for the JEE Main will be provided a special provision or alternative arrangement to write the intermediate practical exams accordingly,” the TG BIE said.