With effect from March 31, 2023, the Board of Secondary Education (SEBA) has decided to withdraw affiliation of up to 105 private/venture schools. As a result, beginning April 1, 2023, these schools will be unable to enrol any students in class IX.
The decision was made after these 105 private/venture schools failed to respond to show cause notices issued by SEBA in June and July of last year regarding poor performance in the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) and Assam High Madrassa examinations, 2022.
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According to SEBA, approximately 294 private/venture schools performed very poorly in the 2022 High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) and Assam High Madrassa examinations.
Out of these 294 schools, 41 had consistently poor performance (pass% 0-10) over the previous five years.
According to a notification, show cause notices were issued to all 294 private/venture schools last year on June 28 and July 11, respectively, to explain why their affiliation with SEBA should not be terminated.
Surprisingly, the responses of 187 schools that responded to the show cause notices were scrutinised. All of these schools have agreed to improve their HSLC exam results in 2023. As a result, the board decided to give these schools one more chance.
Similarly, Mornai Sah Bagisha High School in Kokrajhar and Sri Sri Ramananda Dev Girl’s High School in Nagaon were given a second chance based on physical verification reports submitted by DPOs in the respective districts.
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The district-wise break-up of the 105 de-affiliated schools is: 1 each in Charaideo, Hailakandi, Karimganj, Nalbari and Chirang; 2 each in Goalpara, Hojai, Majuli and Udalguri; 3 each in Baksa, Cachar, Biswanath, West Karbi Anglong, Karbi Anglong and Nagaon; 4 each in Dhubri, Barpeta, Dima Hasao, Sivasagar, Kamrup, Morigaon; 5 each in Bongaigaon, Jorhat and Sonitpur; 6 each in Golaghat and Kamrup (M); 7 in Dibrugarh; 8 in Kokrajhar and 9 in Tinsukia.
