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Assam to change higher secondary curriculum
Saturday May 05, 2012 06:18:46 PM,
IANS
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Guwahati: Assam's
higher secondary curriculum is set for a change with the state
government planning to introduce subjects that will increase the
employability of the students.
It has already formed a committee of present and former university
vice chancellors and educationists and sent them on a tour of the
US, Britain and China to study educational institutions and
curricula.
"On their return, the experts will review the syllabus and advise
on the changes required," said a senior official of the state's
education department, who did want to be named.
The government also planned to introduce new subjects such as
applied chemistry, physics and psychology, he said.
The official said the objective was to increase the employability
of the students from Assam and help compete with students from
other parts of the world.
"The government has also given priority to foreign languages and
computer courses, which will increase the employability of the
students from Assam even abroad," he said.
"We must change our conventional sets of curriculum, which have
been continuing for ages. Like any other parts of the world, we
must know how to change with time. Then only will the students of
the state benefit in the real sense of the term," he said.
The government was also planning to transform all college into
skill development centres, where the students would be trained in
vocational skills along with the academic courses, said the
official.
The government had already taken steps to increase computer
literacy by conferring the Anundoram Borooah Award to students who
secure first division in their Class X exams.
The award, named after the first Assamese and the fifth Indian to
join the India Civil Service, includes the gift of a personal
computer.
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