Overview
- Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy directed officials to start Intermediate admissions for 2026–27 to avoid disrupting students.
- He deferred the plan to fold the Board of Intermediate Education into the School Education Department due to limited time and technical hurdles.
- The government will consult stakeholders and have the state education policy committee examine legal and administrative issues before any proposal goes to the Assembly.
- The Education Commission urged integration to curb post–Class X dropouts under the NEP structure, though lecturers’ groups warn it could lower standards.
- Earlier reports pointed to an ordinance-driven shift and pilots, and about 600 KGBVs and Model Schools already run Classes XI–XII under School Education.