Guwahati: The Assam Government will celebrate Gunotsav 2023 across the State from January 18 to February 15, in a bid to revive the education sector.
This was informed by State education minister Ranoj Pegu.
Gunotsav 2023 will be held in a total of 44,525 schools across the state.
While addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Wednesday, Ranoj Pegu said, “Gunotsav 2023 will be held in three phases starting January 18. The second phase will begin on February 1 and the third phase on February 15. The Gunotsav will cover a total of 88,525 schools with as many as 42,76,881 students.”
The first phase of Gunotsav will be held in Barpeta, Karimganj, Kamrup, Karbi Anglong, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Nagaon, Sivasagar, South Salmara-Mancachar and Udalguri districts.
The second phase of Gunotsav will be held in Baksa, Chirang, Charaideo, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Golaghat, Hojai, Hailakandi, Jorhat, Kamrup (M), Sonitpur, Tinsukia and West Karbi Anglong districts.
Finally, the third phase of Gunotsav will be held in Biswanath, Bongaigaon, Darrang, Dibrugarh, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Cachar, Nalbari and Morigaon districts.
Gunotsav is an Assam government initiative that primarily focuses on evaluating children’s learning results in order to discover learning gaps and afterwards devise corrective strategies for improvement.
In Gunotsav 2022, out of 45,735 schools, around 4,826 schools secured A+ grade and 17,045 schools secured A grade. On the other hand, 13,208 schools received B grade, 4,667 received C grade and 2,132 got D grade.