Telangana is getting ready for one of the bigger shifts in its school system in recent years. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has asked officials to put a full 10+2 education structure in place from the 2027-28 academic year. That means the separate Intermediate system students now join after class 10 will come to an end.

The call was made at a review meeting with education department officials held at the MCR HRD Institute in Hyderabad. Intermediate education will now fold into the school system. Classes 11 and 12 will sit inside regular schools, following the same broad pattern that CBSE and ICSE schools already use.

Schooling itself will be organised in three stages. Nursery to class 4 will form the primary stage. Classes 5 to 8 will make up the secondary stage. Classes 9 to 12 will come under senior secondary, with more attention given to specialised subjects, language skills and clear communication.

Right now, students finish class 10 under the Board of Secondary Education and then move to junior colleges for Intermediate under the Telangana Board of Intermediate Education. That break will disappear. Junior colleges are expected to operate as senior secondary sections once the new system begins.

Officials have been told to line up the classrooms, laboratories and teaching support needed for the change. The idea builds on suggestions from the Telangana Education Commission, which had earlier pushed for bringing Intermediate into the school fold to keep learning more continuous and cut the number of students who leave after class 10.

Students who are in class 10 this year will be the first to experience the new setup when they move into class 11 in 2027-28. They will stay within the school system instead of shifting to a separate Intermediate college. Parents and teachers will want to watch how admissions, the curriculum and the exam pattern settle under the single structure.

Many in the education field feel the change could give students steadier preparation for national entrance tests. At the same time, schools will carry more of the load. They will need to add facilities and get teachers ready for the senior secondary years. Private junior college managements are already asking for clear guidelines on how their institutions will fit into the new arrangement.

Revanth Reddy has said the reforms are necessary if the state is to meet the demands of modern education and give students solid learning from the early years right through to class 12. Groundwork is expected to start soon so the system can begin without major hiccups in 2027-28.