Assam board reduces syllabus by 40% for classes 9, 10

In a notification Board of Secondary Education, Assam has written that in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the educational institutions had to be closed from the 3rd week of April, 2021. During this period the schools had conducted online classes but most of the students could not attend due to various reasons. As such it has been noticed that there has been considerable Academic loss and it will be difficult for the students as well as the teachers to cover the course curriculum prescribed by the Board of Secondary Education, Assam for the Academic year 2021-2022.

"Therefore the Board of Secondary Education, Assam has decided to reduce the Course Curriculum of each and every subject approximately by 40% in comparison with the Academic session 2019 for the convenience of Examination of the students of class IX and X in the academic session 2021-2022. The revised Course Curriculum will be provided in PDF to all Inspectors of Schools concerned which is to be circulated amongst all Heads of Schools, teachers, and students of Class IX and X respectively. The revised syllabus will be also available in the SEBA website at www.sebaonline.org", the notification reads.

It's also said that further the syllabus is reduced only for the examination purpose for the academic session 2021-22 only and it is hereby requested to the teachers to teach the whole course if possible, so that students can have adequate knowledge of their entire course content.

Meanwhile, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) has issued a new set of SOPs for rural and urban areas at 11 am on September 1. The SOPs were implemented with immediate effect. The SOPs state that only those government employees (including contractual and who fixed pay) have administered at least the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine can attend office.