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Hyderabad: Students who are appearing for the 2026 Telangana Intermediate exams, which are scheduled to begin on Wednesday, February 25, will get a five-minute grace period to enter exam centres.
Although the examination will begin at 9 am, students can enter the centres until 9:05 am.
As many as 9,97,075 students have registered across the state for the Intermediate exams. Among them, 4,89,126 are first-year students, and 5,07,949 are second-year students. There are 2.17 lakh male students and 2.24 lakh female students appearing for the first-year exams in the general category. In the vocational category, there are 22,586 boys and 24,675 girls constituting the first-year students.
2.31 lakh male students and 2.30 lakh female students will be writing the second-year intermediate exams from the general category.
The examinations will be conducted from February 25 to March 18 at 1,495 centres.
The authorities have deployed 28,500 invigilators. Additionally, 1,495 chief superintendents and departmental officers have been appointed.
Moreover, there are 75 flying squads and 200 sitting squads.
The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation are requested to make appropriate transport arrangements during the examinations. The electricity department authorities are also required to provide power without interruption. The District Health Medical Officers are directed to provide adequate medical aid and deploy a nurse and an Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) staff at each examination centre. The police and revenue officials are requested to ensure the xerox shops stay closed near the examination centres during the entire period of the examination schedule, from 9 am to 12 noon.
The board has warned of strict action against officers or management caught indulging in malpractice or irregularities. CCTV cameras are installed in every exam centre, and the district officers are permitted to install them wherever required in the respective school buildings.
Hall tickets have been uploaded on the college login portals.
Apart from it, students can download them directly from the Board’s website or obtain copies from MeeSeva Centres.
After getting the hall tickets, the candidates need to verify details such as their name, medium of examination and subjects. For corrections, if any, they need to contact the college principal.
For the mental well-being of the students during the examination period, the Board is going to offer free counselling through the toll-free number 14416.
In order to address the concerns of students and parents, a control room has been set up, which can be contacted by dialling 040-24655027 and 9240205555.
This post was last modified on February 23, 2026 6:04 pm