Guwahati, April 5 (MExN): The Assam government on Wednesday kicked off 'Gunotsav', a programme to improve quality of school education in the state. Gunotsav is a quality improvement programme where external evaluators are deputed to the schools for conducting external evaluation of students. According to an IANS report, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Education Minister of Assam, in a tweet said: "1st phase of Assam Gunotsav launched today (Wednesday). In next three days it will cover 9.11 lakh students in eight districts." Students in the districts of Barpeta, Chirang, Dibrugarh, Hailakandi, Kamrup Metro, West Karbi Aanglong, Lakhimpur, Morigaon will be evaluated under Gunotsav, the report added. Gunotsav, originally a Gujarat government initiative, was adopted by Sarbananda Sonowal-led Bharatiya Janata Party government of Assam. IANS also reported Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s greetings to the Assam government on starting the programme. "Best wishes to the Assam Government on the start of Gunotsav. I am sure this effort will improve education standards across the state," Modi tweeted.
