On Wednesday, the Assam Cabinet decided to restructure the state education policy, in order to line up with the National Education Policy. The new re-structured education policy will make schooling education a 15-year affair, compromising four categories- foundation, preparatory, elementary, and senior secondary, said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The foundation category will have five years till Class two, while the next three years will be preparatory. The elementary category will comprise classes six, seven, and eight, and the classes between nine and 12 will be called senior secondary.
According to the new National Education Policy (NEP 2020), there will be a 5+3+3+4 structure comprising 12 years of schooling and three years of pre-schooling, replacing the old 10+2 structure.
The Chief Minister told the reporters that the changes in the structure will be notified on April 1, 2022, and the new syllabus will be introduced from April 1, 2023.
Commission to train youth
The Assam Cabinet has further decided to set up a commission that will train youths, particularly those from the vernacular medium, for employment in all-India government services and admission into medical and engineering colleges. The CM said that initially 100 youths from each district will be selected for coaching by reputed institutes of the country.
Further, the Cabinet also took a decision to abolish the qualifying language paper for the state civil service examinations with certain conditions. One of the conditions is that an aspirant should speak fluently either Assamese or associated languages – Bodo or Bengali, or any other tribal language of the state and also Hindi, as many people in the state speak the language, the chief minister said.
Other decisions are taken by the Cabinet
The Cabinet gave its nod to a proposal to increase the number of post-graduate seats for doctors in medical colleges from 23 to 40. It decided to set up a trust for the welfare of the victims of the Assam Agitation and their families to ensure that they get continuous help with a corpus fund of Rs five crore from the government, where the public and organizations can also contribute.
The Council of Ministers also approved the amendment to recruitment rules for constables and sub-inspectors for commando battalions in the state by prescribing stringent criteria to meet the professional requirements of the commandos.
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