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The Department of School Education has made preparations for clean conduct of the Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) certification examination in authorities colleges throughout the State on April 10 and 12 (Wednesday and Friday).
As many as 4,53,265 students of Classes III to V drawn from 13,104 colleges will seem for the take a look at to be carried out by the Education Testing Services (ETS) from Princeton within the United States on Wednesday, whereas on Friday, 16,52,142 students of Classes VI to IX from 5,907 colleges will write the examination.
On the eve of the examination, Principal Secretary, School Education, Praveen Prakash directed the District Education Officers (DEOs) to be certain that all of the Interactive Flat Panels and good TVs had been in good situation, as they might be used to conduct the take a look at. Referring to the competitors amongst colleges to be the very best within the district, Mr. Praveen Prakash directed the officers to be certain that there was no unhealthy competitors for the title.
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Printing of textbooks
Officials are gearing up for printing 4.42 crore textbooks to be distributed to students on June 12, when the faculties reopen for the educational 12 months 2024-25.
Bilingual (one facet in Telugu and the opposite facet in English) textbooks of arithmetic, social science, bodily science and biology for Class X are being printed this 12 months. “With this, we will be supplying bilingual textbooks in science, social science and mathematics to students of Classes I to X, becoming perhaps the only State Board to do so,” mentioned Mr. Praveen Prakash.
He mentioned the ‘Future Skill’ topic might be launched within the tutorial 12 months 2024-25 and associated textbooks could be supplied to students of Class VIII. Workbooks on TOEFL can even be supplied to students of Classes III to IX to assist them put together properly for the take a look at. A PDF copy of the brand new model (tutorial 12 months 2024-25) of all of the textbooks from Classes I to X might be made out there on the web site cse.ap.gov.in from April 23, the final working day of the present tutorial 12 months, he mentioned, including that it may be downloaded freed from value, and shouldn’t be used for industrial functions.
Mr. Praveen Prakash additionally wished officers to be certain that the ‘Water Bell’ idea ought to be carried out successfully in colleges so as to stop circumstances of sunstroke in view of the prevailing warmth wave circumstances within the State.