Overview
- The Intermediate Public Advanced Supplementary Examinations, which began Wednesday, recorded 90,397 attendees of 97,988 for first-year Second Language Paper I and 24,489 of 27,958 for second-year Paper II, with no malpractice cases reported.
- The turnout figures translate to more than 11,000 registered candidates skipping the first day of papers.
- The exam cycle covers 398,358 registered students across 889 centres statewide, reflecting the large scale of the retest effort.
- The board set up a state command-control room, deputed observers to districts including Nizamabad, Khammam and Mahabubabad, and promoted the Tele-MANAS counselling line at 14416 with round-the-clock support.
- Spot evaluation of answer scripts will run in two spells starting May 21 and May 24 at 23 camps, a schedule designed to speed up marking and results.