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Guwahati : The Assam government will provide free text books among the students of class XI and XII from next year.
Assam Education minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that, the state government has took several ambitious schemes for the education sector.
On Thursday, the state government launched an ambitious scheme to distribute free text books among the students of Class IX and X of government run schools.
Under the scheme, free text books will be provided to Class IX and X students.
The Assam Education Minister said that the scheme will be expanded and the government will provide free text books among the students of Class XI and XII from next year.
The Assam minister futrther said that digitally evaluate answer scripts using by computerised software to be introduced from the upcoming HSLC examination.
"In this year, answer scripts of Mathematics will be evaluated digitally," Dr Sarma said.
The minister also said that, the state government will waive university admission fee of BPL students from next year.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
