Assam Assembly Passes Six Education Bills After Opposition Walkout

Overview

• The House cleared amendments on provincialisation, fee regulation, and teacher posting and transfer, alongside bills creating Azim Premji University and NERIM University.
• Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said teachers’ posts in venture schools established on or before January 1, 2006 with at least one government document will be eligible for provincialisation.
• Congress, CPI(M) and Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi exited after their proposed changes were rejected following hours of debate.
• Opposition leaders alleged ruling legislators entered the chamber after the Speaker ordered doors closed for a division, a claim denied by the Speaker and treasury benches.
• AIUDF MLAs were suspended for displaying placards as critics sought a 2011 cutoff, lower enrollment criteria and inclusion of madrassas under the legislation.