TGBIE Admission 2026: First-year intermediate admission schedule extended to August 15

The Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (TGBIE) has revised the deadline for the Telangana first-year intermediate admissions 2026. The last date to register for admission is now set for August 15. Candidates who want to apply for the first year of intermediate, i.e. Class 11, for the academic session of 2026-27 in institutes affiliated to the Telangana Board can now submit their application till the above-mentioned last date.

As per the official press note released by the board on July 31, the extension of the deadline applies to all the government, private aided or unaided, residential, welfare and composite junior degree colleges across the state of Telangana. The board has directed all the affiliated institutes to display the number of sections sanctioned by the board authorities for the academic year 2026-27, the number of seats occupied and the number of seats available for admission in each section in a clear notice at the entrance of the building. The seat matrix is required to be updated by the college authorities on a daily basis.

Telangana Board Intermediate Admission 2026: Check category-wise reservation

Students applying for Telangana Board first-year admission can refer to the following table to know the category-wise reservation rules.

Category	Reservation Rule
Scheduled Castes (SC)	15%  (Group I: 1%, Group II: 9%, Group III: 5%)
Scheduled Tribes (ST)	10%
Backward Classes (BC)	29%  (A: 7%, B: 10%, C: 1%, D: 7%, E: 4%)
Physically Handicapped (PH)	5%
NCC, Sports & Extracurricular Activities	5%
Ex-servicemen & Defence Personnel Residents of Telangana	3%
Economically Weaker Section (EWS)	10%

The Telangana Board has outlined in the notice that in areas where there are no separate colleges for girls, 33.33% or 1/3rd of the total number of seats has to be reserved for them category-wise.

Students will be granted admission in the first-year of intermediate based on their Grade Point Average (GPA) and subject-wise Grade Point (GP) or marks obtained in the qualifying examination, as per the prescribed guidelines. The board has prohibited Junior colleges from conducting their own admission tests, while non-adherence to the latter will lead to strict actions being taken against the college authority.