Assam revises Class 12 syllabus for alternative English subject from 2023-24 session

NEW DELHI: The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) has revised the syllabus of the subject alternative English for Higher Secondary or Class 12 schools starting from the academic session 2023-24. According to an official notification, the name of the textbook will be titled “Harmony: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry”.

“In view of change/revision of the syllabus of the subject alternative English for Higher Secondary 2nd year, this is hereby notified for information and necessary action of all concerned institutions under AHSEC that the revised syllabus on the subject shall come into force with immediate effect, that is from the session 2023-24. The name of the textbook of alternative English will be titled “Harmony: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry”,” said AHSEC in an official notification.

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The Council informed that while the textbook syllabus is being revised, some of the content of the old syllabus will be the same in the revised syllabus. Till the availability of the textbook, the following syllabus will be followed:

• The Verger by William Somerset Maugham
• Ozymandias of Egypt by Percy Bysshe Shelley
• Grammar: Common errors, question tags, composition

AHSEC also notified that the textbook “VIBGYOR” is discontinued with immediate effect.

The council further informed that the textbooks are available under free textbook scheme, printed and distributed by the Assam State Textbook Production and Publication Corporation Limited and for private students, the textbook will be available in the open market.