The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) has declared that it will conduct the Assam Class 12 pre-final test exam in December. The board has asked the schools to prepare the Assam Higher Secondary pre-final exam timetable, and subject-wise question paper, and supply blank answer-scripts. The respective schools are required to issue admit cards, evaluate answer scripts, and announce the Class 12 pre-final test results. Moreover, the Assam Class 12 per-final marksheet will also be allotted by the respective schools.

The official notification by Assam Higher Secondary Education Council said, “It will be mandatory on the part of the examination conducting institutions/universities to keep the subject-wise marks obtained by the students under their safe custody, so that the council can collect the same as and when required.”

The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council directs the schools that the question papers should be set up by the teachers concerned as per the Class 12 syllabus. The council also notified the marks break-up, which says the subject having a practical test will have 70:30 weightage: 70 marks for theory and 30 marks for practical. The council further mentions that the mark break-up can also be 30:70, 60:40, and 50:50 weightage as per the curriculum. However, subjects with no practical will carry 100 marks.

The council further informed that the subjects, including accountancy, economics, business studies, finance, sociology, political science, Swadesh Adhyayan will have 80 marks for theory and 20 marks for project work or internal assessment. The Assam Higher Secondary practical exams will be held by the internal examiners and supporting staff. In addition to that, the council requested the schools preserve the answer scripts for future reference.

Meanwhile, Assam’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has declared that from the next academic year, 2024, there won’t be any state board exams for students in class 10. The decision has been taken is in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Matric exams will only be carried out at the school level. Assam will also get a new educational board constituted soon.