Hyderabad: It’s exam overload in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana this June, and job aspirants are paying the price. A crush of major recruitment tests—AP DSC, Telangana TET, RRB, and UGC NET—have landed on nearly identical dates, sparking outrage among candidates caught in the crossfire.
The AP Mega DSC online exams kicked off on June 6 and will stretch till July 2. Meanwhile, Telangana’s June session of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) runs across nine days: June 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, and 30. Many candidates, especially non-locals aiming to write the AP DSC, now find themselves scrambling, with TET sessions overlapping completely.
Piling on the pressure, the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) scheduled its national Stage 1 exams from June 5 to 24, right in the middle of both the DSC and TET schedules.
And it doesn’t end there. The UGC NET June 2025 session is locked in for June 25 to 29, with two sessions daily. That’s four high-stakes exams in one month—often on the same day.
Hall tickets for all four have already been issued, meaning aspirants must now make painful choices about which tests to attend and which to sacrifice. Many are furious.
“This isn’t just poor planning—it feels like outright neglect,” one candidate told reporters. Others described the clash as a logistical nightmare, especially since most exams are centred around Hyderabad.
Calls are growing louder for intervention from both state and central authorities. Aspirants want dates staggered, or at the very least, some coordination to prevent future scheduling pileups. So far, there’s been no official response.
