Hyderabad, March 25 -- Amid rumours of scrapping of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams in Telangana, the Telangana Education Commission (TEC) issued a clarification.

A report published in TNIE quoted TEC member Prof Vishweshwar Rao saying that there is no such plan under consideration by the government.

Source of rumours

The rumours about the scrapping of SSC exams in Telangana were triggered after the release of the policy document 'Education Policy for Telangana 2026'.

Although the document suggested reforms, including the merger of the SSC Board with the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE), it did not suggest scrapping SSC exams.

However, the rumours were further fuelled after some private schools introduced classes 11 and...