The Board School Education, Telangana today (April 3) started conducting the Telangana Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSC) examinations. To make travelling easier for students appearing in the board exams, the state’s education ministry has joined hands with the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC).
As per local media reports, TSRTS will provide free rides to all students who are appearing for the TS SSC board exams from April 3 to April 13. To avail of the free bus pass, students simply have to show their TS SSC admit cards/ hall tickets to the bus authorities. Free bus rides are available irrespective of distance and origin anywhere across the State.
This year, over 4.90 lakh students have registered to appear for the TS SSC Class 10 exams. The state education minister, Sabitha Indra Reddy, took to Twitter to wish all the students good luck for their exams. “Congratulations to all the students who are appearing for the 10th class exams…take the exams in a calm environment without any stress or anxiety. All the best,” she tweeted.
In the 2022 TS SSC exams, 5,03,5790 students appeared, out of which 4,53,201 had cleared the Class 10 exams. The overall pass percentage was recorded as 90 per cent. As many as 5,03,579 students registered for the class 10 exams.
Additionally, as many as 30007 schools have recorded a 100 per cent pass percentage while 15 state schools got zero. Last year, Siddipet recorded the highest pass percentage of 97.85 per cent and Hyderabad had the lowest pass percentage of 79.63 per cent.