The Government of Andhra Pradesh has released the Mega DSC 2025 notification to fill 16,347 teacher posts across the state. This announcement brought joy among unemployed aspirants. However, soon after the celebration, the Education Department made another big announcement — the DSC exams will be conducted online through the Computer-Based Test (CBT) method. This change also means the normalization method will be used to evaluate candidates.

According to the official notification released on April 21, the online exams will be conducted from June 6 to July 6, in two shifts per day, across district headquarters, municipalities, and mandal centers. If there are too many applicants, centers may also be arranged in nearby states. Each exam center can accommodate 300 to 500 candidates per shift. To ensure fairness among different exam sessions, the government has decided to implement normalization, just like in EAPCET and JEE exams.

What is Normalization?
In CBT mode, the same subject exam may be conducted in multiple sessions (2–5 sessions). Some sessions may have easy papers, while others may be difficult. This creates inequality. Candidates with easier questions may get higher marks, while those with harder ones may get lower scores unfairly. To balance this, the Normalization process adjusts the scores. Easier session marks may be slightly reduced, and tougher session marks may be increased. This decision is taken based on the difficulty level, judged by subject experts. However, since no one can predict how many marks will be added or reduced, many candidates are feeling confused and anxious about the final results.