GUWAHATI: A bill to merge the Board of Secondary Education Board, Assam (SEBA) and the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC), was tabled during the ongoing Budget session of the state legislative assembly on Wednesday.
On February 7, the bill was tabled by Cabinet Minister, Pijush Hazarika on behalf of Education Minister Ranoj Pegu.
Click Here To Join Our WhatsApp ChannelThe Assam State School Education Board Bill, 2024 was presented to establish the School Education Board, Assam which will oversee the conduct of the final exams starting from Class 9, up to Class 12.
Speaking to the media Ranoj Pegu said, "Yesterday in the assembly, we presented an important bill to amalgamate the SEBA and AHSEC boards. We had announced this plan some time ago. As you may know, previously we merged the primary and secondary education departments to form the Department of School Education."
"Similarly, we have two directorates, the Directorate of Elementary Education and Directorate of Secondary Education, which will be merged in the future to form the Directorate of School Education," he further added.
"We are amalgamating both boards to form the Board of School Education. This is being done as per the National Education Policy, according to which a new system of e-Vidyalaya Shiksha which will incorporate Class 1 up to Class 12. Accordingly, school education will be folded and the final exam will conducted at the end of Class 12. All of it will be overseen by a single board," he added.
"However, the final exams from Class 9 up to Class 12 will not be conducted by the respective schools, but by the board," he further added.