Explain the prevalent issues of secondary education state of assam
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In Assam, the Secondary Education was started in 1835.
The Commissioner of Assam, Captain Jenkins started an English School at Gauhati in 1835 known as “ Guwahati Seminari”.
Assam was separated from Bengal and a Department of Education was created in Assam in 1874.
Creation of a separate department of education in Assam under a Director of Public Instruction helped the development of education in the State.
It was because of the introduction of administrative reform after the Govt. of India Act in 1919, the secondary education in Assam received encouragement for expansion.
After the establishment of Gauhati University in 1948, the responsibility of controlling academic matters of secondary schools was transferred from Calcutta University to Gauhati University.
The Govt. of Assam adopted various measures in the field of secondary education as per the recommendations of Secondary Education Commission (1952-53).
In 1961, the Secondary Education Act, Assam was passed.
In 1962, the Board of Secondary Education, Assam was constituted.
As per the recommendation of Kothari Commission (1964-66), the Board of Secondary Education, Assam introduced the (10+2+3) pattern from the academic session 1973-74.
From October 1977, the Government of Assam provincialised all the High Schools and Higher Secondary Schools which enjoyed deficit grant from Government
The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council was constituted in 1984.
Since it was not possible to upgrade all secondary schools to higher secondary pattern, the affiliated colleges under Gauhati University and Dibrugarh University introduced 2 year higher secondary courses.
Recently privately managed junior colleges have sprung up in Assam introducing 2years higher secondary courses.
The National policy on Education, 1986 proposed to setup Navodaya schools for the poor and talented children.