The chief minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday announced that a new educational system will be implemented in the state under the new National Education Policy. In the Assam Cabinet meeting held at Bongaigaon, it was decided that 5+3+3+4 educational system will be implemented in the state.
With this new system the SEBA and AHSEC will be now be merged as currently they are functioning separately and the decision to merge the two educational boards in Assam has been taken in order to fully implement the new National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), CM said.
The Chief Minister also added that initially around 1000 schools will be converted into HS schools and all lower primary schools will be soon merged with the nearby ME schools.