EAMCET: Inter Practical marks hold key

HYDERABAD: The implementation of the jumbling system for Intermediate practical exams has once again been deferred this year also. The state government has been postponing jumbling system in Intermediate practical examinations stating that many of the junior colleges do not have proper labs.Under the jumbling system, students are supposed to give their practical exams in colleges other than their own to minimise scope for malpractice. Presently, practical exams are replete with malpractices as lecturers tend to favour the students as the exams are held in their own colleges.The jumbling system is being successfully implemented for Inter theory exams for the last several years to check malpractice.After seeing the trend of marks in the Inter second year practical exams, one would be surprised to see that more than 70 per cent of the candidates scoring more than 25 out of 30 marks in chemistry and physics. Practical exam marks holds the key for getting a good rank in Eamcet.The Board of Intermediate Education has made a list of colleges having lab equipment. It is learnt that the government colleges have better lab equipment than the private colleges.There have been complaints that some corporate and private junior colleges have resorted to irregularities to secure state ranks in Inter exams by ensuring that majority of their students secured 100 per cent marks in practical exams irrespective of the fact that many of these institutions did not have proper laboratories.Though the private colleges in the state have poor lab facilities, their students were scoring more marks than the government colleges.Government Junior Colleges Lecturers Association general secretary, P Madhusudhan Reddy has said that they have been demanding scrapping of giving weightage to practical exam marks in Eamcet in the wake of the government’s decision to postpone the implementation of the jumbling system. Second-year MPC candidates have practicals of 60 marks, 30 each in chemistry and physics, while BiPC candidates have 120 marks, 30 each in chemistry, physics, botany and zoology.The government decided to give 25 per cent weightage to marks secured in Inter while determining Eamcet ranks.