Hyderabad: The Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education has decided to to conduct inter first year exams for the students who have been promoted to the second year regarding which a report has been sent to the state government.

The intermediate first and second year exams were cancelled due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in the state following which the government promoted inter second year students considering the same marks secured by them in the first year. The intermediate board had also announced that he would conduct first year exams after the coronavirus cases subside in the state.

“Intermediate first year exams will be conducted in the first week of August if the government give its nod,” said inter board officials.

The decision comes amid the anticipation of the third wave in September or later. Around 4,59,008 had paid the fees for the exams which were supposed to held in May.

new cases of kovid in telangana

Telangana on Wednesday recorded 749 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to over 6.33 lakh while the death toll stood at 3,743 with five more deaths. Khammam district accounted for the highest number of cases with 96 followed by The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)-72, a state government bulletin said.

The number of active cases was 10,203. The total number of cases in the state stood at 6,33,895, while with 848 people being cured, the total recoveries were at 6,19,949. Over 1.15 lakh samples were tested on Wednesday and cumulatively, more than two crore samples have been tested.

The samples tested per million population were over 5.40 lakh, the bulletin said. The case fatality and recovery rates were at 0.59 per cent and 97.79 per cent, respectively.

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