Several portions were recently deleted to ease students’ workload in the wake of COVID-19
The Opposition Congress in Assam has requested Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal to retain certain chapters on India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the syllabi of Classes 11 and 12.
Congress MLA and Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia on September 25 wrote a letter to Mr. Sonowal, seeking an instruction to the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) on retaining the chapters related to the former Prime Minister’s policies and contributions to the country.
The AHSEC, in a move to provide relief to students affected by the closure of schools due to COVID-19 pandemic, dropped several chapters from Political Science and History subjects for Classes 11 and 12.
Apart from Nehru’s policies, the chapters missing include those on former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s…