TS BIE to start Inter second year classes from August 17

HYDERABAD: Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) is all geared up to commence classes through Doordarshan (DD)-Yadagiri and online platforms for second year students from August 17. The board is in final stages to engage students in the new mode of learning.
After the lockdown was declared across the country, TSBIE had started developing e-content of the syllabus and even selected subject experts as content pullers to identify topics that could be converted into e-content.
"We have already converted almost 40 % of the syllabus into e-content, which will be aired through DD-Yadagiri and T-SAT till February. Students will have six hours - three-hour slots in the morning and afternoon - of learning," TSBIE secretary Omar Jaleel told TOI, adding the e-content would also be streamed live on various YouTube channels and made available for students online.
For those who don't have access to either television, smartphone or the internet, BIE has identified 405 government colleges as student service centres, where teachers would ensure an alternative arrangement is made for such students. "Teachers will be reaching out to such students and will help them continue their learning process. We are also planning to activate some student groups, wherein bright students will hand-hold those who are academically weak. This way, we will continue the learning momentum," Jaleel added.
Taking a cue from Central Board of Secondary Education's decision to cut 30% syllabus for the ensuing academic year, TSBIE has submitted its suggestion to reduce the syllabus to the state government. Once the government gives its nod, the board would identify junior lecturers and experts who would decide on the syllabus to be snipped as a one-time measure.
Sources said as compared to the CBSE curriculum, TSBIE curriculum was dense in many subjects such as mathematics, botany, zoology, physics and chemistry. Subjects experts opine the board would have to first trim the excess syllabus followed in Telangana.
"CBSE is a role model for the intermediate syllabus followed in Telangana. The syllabus will be deleted in such a way that intermediate students don't lag behind their counterparts from CBSE in competitive exams," Telangana State Junior College Lecturers' Association president Madhusudan Reddy said.