Assam Cabinet approves provincialisation of 419 primary schools in tea gardens; CM Sarma announces more schemes

The Assam Government on Tuesday took a significant step as the Assam Cabinet approves provincialisation of 419 primary schools under Tea Garden-managed area in the state. In a tweet, Ranoj Pegu informed that the decision was made during a discussion regarding the provincialisation of Lower Primary (LP), Middle English (ME), and High Schools. It has been passed by the cabinet and there has also been the inclusion of new posts in these schools, the Minister gave information through Twitter.

Ranoj Pegu wrote, ” Following the historic cabinet decision, Assam Govt. has provincialized 419 Tea Garden managed schools. These schools will now receive MDM, uniforms, Free Textbooks, and Govt. Teachers. Thanks to the Chief Minister for his vision and mission of inclusive development.”

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Assam Cabinet approves provincialisation of 419 primary schools: All about the decision

The official notice provides information on the provincilisation of LP, ME and High schools that has been put under the banner of Department of School Education (DSE). Following are the key details provided in the notice:

• Provincilisation of 419 LP schools, 2 ME Schools and 1 high school
• There also have been increase in the post of teachers. There will be two posts of assistant teachers in each of the LP Schools, three posts of teachers in the ME schools and as many as six posts (Five teacher and one head master) of teachers in the high school managed by the tea gardens
• The present working teachers will not get provincialised as per the current notification
• The teachers engaged by the Tea Garden authorities will also be given various authorities such as in house training of teachers and benefits of capacity building programmes organised by Department of School of Education for teachers of other provincialised schools
• The schools will receive mid-day meals (PM- POSHAN), free textbooks, and uniforms

More high schools to be built

Apart from the current inclusion where the Assam Cabinet approves provincialisation of 419 primary schools, in another decision taken, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma conveyed the information through Twitter that 219 new high schools will be established in tea garden areas. This will be a boost to rural education in the state.

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