Intermediate students brace up to shell out more money to appear for the Intermediate Public Examinations (IPE)
Hyderabad: Intermediate students brace up to shell out more money to appear for the Intermediate Public Examinations (IPE). The Congress government on Tuesday hiked the fee for intermediate examinations, which will be conducted in the month of March 2025.
The first intermediate students have to cough up Rs.520 to appear for the general courses examination as against Rs.510 in the last year. Similarly, the Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (TG BIE) hiked the examination fee for the first year vocational courses from Rs. 730 to Rs.750, including Rs.520 for theory exams and Rs.230 for practicals.
The fee has been increased from Rs.510 to Rs.520 for the second year general art courses, while the second-year general science fee has gone up from Rs.730 to Rs.750, including Rs.520 for theory and Rs.230 for the practical exams.
Similarly, fee for the second-year vocational courses is Rs.750, including Rs.520 for theory and Rs.230 for the practical exams, as against Rs.730 in the previous academic years.
Initially, plans were to double the intermediate examination fee to Rs.1,000 since the Andhra Pradesh government had increased the intermediate exam fee from to Rs.1,500 there. However, the proposal was shelved in the eleventh hour, as such a hike would receive severe backlash from the student community in the State.
Every year, over nine lakh students, including first and second-year, sit for the intermediate examinations.
Meanwhile, the Board has also announced due dates for paying the examination fee, which can be paid by students at their respective colleges without a late fee between November 6 and 26. With a late fee of Rs.100 and Rs.500, the fee will be accepted from November 27 to December 4, and December 5 to 11 respectively. The fee can also be paid with a late fee of Rs.1,000 and Rs.2,000 from December 12 to 18 and December 19 to 27 respectively.
The fee due dates are applicable to all first and second year regular students, failed candidates (general and vocational) and attendance exempted private candidates (without college study) for arts/humanities groups, who wish to appear for inter exams to be held in March next year.
