The Assam cabinet decided to convert all all-girls government schools in the state to co-educational schools and to begin teaching maths and science in English rather than Assamese, Bodo, or Bengali.
“Except a few schools with historical background, all government-run all-girls schools in the state will be converted into co-educational ones,” Ronoj Pegu, education minister, stated to reporters after the meeting.
He also stated that science and maths from grades 3 to 12 will be taught in English in all government schools, rather than Assamese, Bodo, Bengali, or other languages.
In addition, each district will have 5-10 schools where English will be used as a medium of instruction in all subjects alongside Assamese, Bodo, and Bengali. Students in these schools will be able to choose which language will be used as the medium of instruction from grades 6 to 12.
The cabinet decided to replace social studies in secondary schools with two subjects: geography and history.
According to the minister, the government has also mandated that private schools register with the fee regulatory authority. “We have around 6,000 private schools of which around 1,800 are registered as of now,” he stated.
The cabinet also approved the state’s new tourism policy, allocating Rs. 100 crore for the repair and reconstruction of heritage bungalows in tea gardens, as well as the establishment of a tourist hotel in Manas National Park.