Archive · 24 Nov 2025
Assam Cabinet Approves 27 Bills Including Education Reforms
The Assam Cabinet has approved 27 Bills to be presented in the Assembly.
These include important changes to how private schools and colleges set their fees, making sure they are fair and transparent.
The Cabinet also decided to increase the salaries of non-teaching staff by 6% each year and make it easier for teachers working in difficult border areas to be transferred.
Additionally, two new private universities, NERIM University and Azim Premji University, have been approved.
The Cabinet also gave 8 acres of land for a new school campus in Morigaon district.
These changes aim to improve education and support those working in the education sector.
Assam Cabinet approved 27 Bills for tabling in the Assembly on November 25, 2024.
Key education reforms include the Assam Non-Government Educational Institutions (Regulation of Fees) (Amendment) Bill, 2025, to regulate fees in private schools and colleges.
Non-teaching staff in venture educational institutions will receive a 6% annual salary increase.
Teachers in border areas will have easier transfer options after completing 5 years (female) or 7 years (male) of service.
Two new private universities, NERIM University and Azim Premji University, have been approved.
- Who
- Assam Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
- What
- Approved 27 Bills including education reforms and new universities
- When
- November 24, 2024
- Where
- Guwahati, Assam
- Why
- To implement education reforms, provide relief to teachers, and establish new universities
- Bills Approved
- 27
- Key Education Bill
- Assam Non-Government Educational Institutions (Regulation of Fees) (Amendment) Bill, 2025
- Salary Enhancement
- 6% annual increase for non-teaching staff
- Teachers' Transfer Relief
- Female teachers after 5 years, male teachers after 7 years in border areas
- New Universities
- NERIM University and Azim Premji University
- Land Allotment
- 8 acres for Kendriya Vidyalaya campus in Morigaon
