Telangana will scrap its Board of Intermediate Education and introduce a continuous 10+2 school education system from the 2027-28 academic year, with Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy directing officials to complete the formalities for the transition.
The proposed structure will place nursery to Class 4 under primary education, Classes 5 to 8 under secondary education and Classes 9 to 12 under senior secondary education. The change will replace the present arrangement in which students leave school after Class 10 and join junior colleges for the first and second years of Intermediate education.
K Keshava Rao, government adviser for public affairs and chairman of the committee on educational reforms, told the Times of India that the new system would bring Intermediate education under the senior secondary education system. He said junior colleges offering the first and second years of Intermediate would be treated as Classes 11 and 12 under the proposed structure.
The announcement followed a review meeting of the education department chaired by Revanth Reddy at the MCRHRD Institute. The chief minister, who also holds the education portfolio, directed officials to work out the administrative and other formalities required to implement the continuous system. Officials discussed the 10+2 model already followed in 18 states, according to the report.
The proposed reform is intended to reduce student dropouts after Class 10, particularly among girls and children from Dalit, tribal and minority communities. Revanth Reddy said the system should focus on giving students command over language and communication skills by the time they complete Class 12, while allowing them to choose subjects of interest after completing school education.
The transition could require substantial changes for existing schools and junior colleges. G Satish, president of the Telangana Private Junior Colleges Managements’ Association, said institutions might need additional infrastructure and manpower to accommodate the proposed arrangement. Y Shekhar Rao, head of the Telangana Recognised School Managements’ Association, also sought clarity on whether schools currently operating only up to Class 8 would be permitted to add higher classes on their existing premises.
Education department officials told the Times of India that they had not yet received instructions on merging the Intermediate Board with the school education department. That leaves the administrative framework, institutional approvals and implementation process to be worked out before the 2027-28 academic year.
The chief minister also directed officials to accelerate recruitment for faculty positions in universities. He instructed the chairman of the Council of Higher Education and university vice-chancellors to give attention to the recruitment process while following the applicable regulations. The state government’s next steps will determine how schools, junior colleges and education authorities are reorganised for the proposed 10+2 system.
