22,000 girl students with first division marks in class 12 exams to get scooties: Assam Govt

Assam Education Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said in a press conference held in Guwahati that the state government will provide scooties to 22,000 girl students of the state who passed the higher secondary final examinations with first division marks.

“The state government will deliver the scooties to girl students by October 15 this year. Each scooty will cost Rs 50,000-55,000," Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

"The government will be launching a website sebaonline.org and the students who want electric scooty, may choose to their choice of the variant to visit the website. The students will have to bear the cost of registration and they will not be able to sell the scooties for at least three years,” he added.

The Assam minister also said that aiming the implement the National



Education Policy in Assam, the state government has constituted a 40-member high-level committee.

“The committee will be divided into various subgroups and it will give recommendations on how to implement the National Education Policy in Assam. By this year, we will make a framework for implementation of the National Education Policy in Assam,” Himanta said.

On the other hand, the state government has urged all colleges of the state to increase their undergraduate seats by 25 percent this year.

“Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, CBSE could not be completed Class 12 examinations and the central board had given marks to the students just as projected marks. So, many students of the state under the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) could not able to get seats in the colleges," Sharma said.