Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced the merge of School Education Board of Assam and the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council. The state government has merged both of the boards to form a unified Assam State School Education Board in conformity with National Education Policy, NEP 2020. The Chief Minister has announced that the new board will synchronise school education tailored to the needs of the 21st century.Sharing the news on platform X, Chief Minister Biswa said, "In a major milestone towards taking our education sector to new heights and in confirmity with NEP 2020, we have merged SEBA & AHSEC to form a unified Assam State School Edutcation Board. The new board will synchronise school education tailored to the needs of the 21st century.""In school education, the National Education Policy 2020 stresses on the core values and principle that education must develop not only the cognitive skills, that is, - both 'foundational skills' of literacy and numeracy and 'higher-order' skills such as critical thinking and problem solving - but also, social and emotional skills - also referred to as 'soft skills' -including cultural awareness and empathy, perseverance and grit, teamwork, leadership, communication, among others," as per Ministry of Education.
In other news, Assam Governor Lakshman Acharya has announced the nomination of RC Jain as the Chairman of the Assam State School Education Board and Rukma Gohain Baruah, Chairman, Assam Higher Secondary Education Council, as the Vice-Chairman of the Assam State School Education Board. They have been nominated for a term of 3 years or up to 70 years, whichever is earlier, from the date of issue of this notification.The NEP 2020 is founded on the five guiding pillars of access, equity, quality, Affordability and accountability. It will prepare our youth to meet the diverse national and global challenges of the present and the future, as per the Ministry of Education.(With inputs from ANI)In a major milestone towards taking our education sector to new heights and in confirmity with NEP 2020, we have merged SEBA & AHSEC to form a unified ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐
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