Guwahati: The Elementary Education Department and the Secondary Education Department have been combined under the name “Department of School Education” by the Assam Government.
A Notification issued by the Governor of Assam stated that the merger will come into force with immediate effect. The Notification mentioned that “consequent upon the merger, all officers and staff of the Elementary Education Department and the Secondary Education Department shall automatically be under the administrative control of the Department of School Education.
The Department of School Education will henceforth be used in all correspondence involving the Departments of Elementary and Secondary Education.
“All the existing Directorates and organizations under the Elementary Education Department and the Secondary Education Department will now be under the administrative control of the Department of School Education,” the Notification stated.
It is important to note that the merger of the two departments was necessary to make the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) more easily implemented, which calls for using the 5+3+3+4 formula instead of the older 10+2 formula.