Telangana Board Overhauls Intermediate Exams for 2026–27
New first-year textbooks are set to reach colleges before June 1 to support the rollout.
Overview
- TGBIE announced a new 2026–27 exam scheme that adds internal activity-based marks across subjects and introduces a new ACE commerce group.
- Science subjects will run practical exams in both years worth 15 marks each, replacing the single 30-mark test in year two.
- Mathematics will carry 15 internal marks in each year through activity-based learning, with the theory paper cut from 75 to 60.
- Humanities, languages, and commerce subjects will shift to 20 internal ABL marks with 80-mark theory papers instead of the old 100-mark theory-only format.
- MEC students will sit a separate mathematics paper with 20 internal ABL marks and 80 for theory.