All Colleges in Assam to Offer Science Courses, 100 Colleges to Offer PG Courses

The Government of Assam is rolling out a plan to make all the colleges across the state offer courses in Science stream so that no student wishing to pursue a career in Science is deprived of an opportunity. Similarly, 100 colleges will offer postgraduate courses in a phased manner from the next academic session.

Mr. Himanta Biswa Sharma – Education Minister of Assam pointed that even though 15,800 candidates had scored star marks in Class X board exams for the academic session 2016-17, not all the students were able to take up courses in Science stream due to lack of colleges offering Science courses. The scope for taking up courses in Science stream is limited to the students in Assam while most of them are going to other states for pursuing courses in Science stream, he added.

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Mr. Himanta Biswa Sharma revealed that the state government had approved the proposal for launching Post Graduate courses in different subjects of Humanities, Science and Commerce streams. So far, the options for taking up PG courses in Assam are limited, as universities across the state offer a set number of seats at PG level. Currently, there are 300 UG (degree) colleges across the state.

Adding further, the Education Minister of Assam said that the government is in plans to increase seats in engineering and MBBS courses. The government will set up seven more medical colleges apart from the existing five.

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On October 23, 2017, the Education minister distributed laptops to 1,200 students who scored Star marks in Class X board exams.