Organizations oppose Assam Cabinet decisions on education

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The AASU (All Assam Students' Union), Axam Xahitya Xabha (AXX), Bodo Sahitya Sabha (BSS) and the ABSU (All Bodo Students' Union) had a meeting with teachers' organizations from the primary to university levels today, and opposed the recent decisions taken by the State Cabinet on education.

The meeting said that the decisions taken by the State Cabinet were against the New Education Policy-2020. They said that the decisions would spell disaster for the vernacular medium schools in the State.

The meeting took several decisions and demanded the government to keep open the option of provincialization of schools at all levels, cancel the decision to impart education in Mathematics and Science in English, proper teaching of English in all vernacular medium schools, development of educational infrastructure in all vernacular schools, cancellation of the decision to convert the model schools to English medium under the CBSE, cancellation of the setting up of an English medium school in each LAC under the CBSE, etc. It also opposed the decision to start English medium teaching in vernacular schools simultaneously.

Guwahati University Teachers' Association, Asom College Shikshak Sanstha, Asom Junior College Shikshak and Karmachari Sanstha, Sadou Asom Uchchatar Madhyamik Shikshak aru Karkachari Santha etc., were present at the meeting.

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