BIE to start jumbling system from this year

VIJAYAWADA: The Board of Intermediate Education will implement the jumbling system in practical examinations from this academic year, secondary education minister Kolusu Parthasarathi has said.Speaking at the Government Contract Lecturers Association meeting here on Sunday, the minister said though the Intermediate Board decided to implement the jumbling system in practical exams from last year, it deferred its decision as 60 per cent of private, government and aided junior colleges do not have well-equipped laboratories for the conduct of practicals.He said the Intermediate Board would first set up well-equipped labs in all the government junior colleges. Later, private junior colleges would be asked to have well-equipped labs.  After that, the jumbling system would be implemented in Intermediate practical exams.The minister said a proposal was sent to the finance ministry seeking release `15 crore to purchase scientific equipment for labs in government colleges. A tender notification for supply of scientific equipment would be issued soon as the finance ministry had already approved the proposal, he said.According to information, many private colleges in the state are  against implementation of the jumbling system in practical exams stating that it would put students under pressure. But the  actual reason is they do not have well-equipped labs and procurement of scientific equipment is a costly affair.  The maximum marks the second year Intermediate students get in practical exams in physics chemistry, botany and zoology are 30 in each subject.  Parthasarathi said some IIT professors informed him that students of Andhra Pradesh were not faring well in BTech despite getting maximum number of ranks in IIT-JEE every year. He underlined the need for adopting scientific teaching methods to make students excel in BTech. Educational standards in government institutions should be improved.  The government institutions should compete with corporate colleges in producing excellent results.  To enable the government institutions to produce excellent results in exams, it was decided to improve college infrastructure as chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy gave top priority to education and health sectors. The infrastructure in government colleges would be improved by getting funds from Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, he said.