Board of Intermediate reform IPE

The Board of Intermediate Education announced reforms for Intermediate Public Examinations (IPE) beginning from March 2010.

• From next year, students will not be allowed to change their group, medium of instruction or second language once they fill in their choices at the time of admission. They will have to continue with the same group, medium of instruction and second language throughout their course. Every candidate admitted to IPE will be given five years as maximum period to pass the papers for the award of pass certificate. In case students are unable to complete the course within five years they have to take a fresh admission.
  
  
• Candidates who have been admitted into Intermediate course during 2005-06 or earlier will have to clear their backlogs during IPE March 2010 and Intermediate Public Advanced Supplementary Examinations, May/June 2010. Thereafter, they cannot claim their old performance to clear their backlog papers.
  
  
• Deviating from the earlier practice, 24-page optical mark recognition (OMR)-cum-answer book will be handed over to students at examinations, with effect from March next year. No additional sheets would be issued and students will have to fill in their answers only in the answer booklet given. Each page would consist of 24 lines. College managements throughout the State were already instructed to implement the single answer booklet system for unit tests, quarterly, half-yearly and pre-final examinations in their colleges to help students become accustomed to the new system.
  
  
• Also, BIE will enforce jumbling system for practical examinations during IPE March 2010. Students will be shuffled and will have to give their practical examinations at different centers, as is the practice for theory examinations.
  
  
• The examination fee due dates for Intermediate first year is September 14 without fine and September 24 with a fine amount of Rs.100 while for second year it is October 5 without fine and October 15 with a fine amount of Rs.100