- The Assam government has tabled a Bill in the Legislative Assembly to abolish all state-run Madrassas by converting them into general schools from next year.
- The legislation proposes to abolish the two existing Acts -- The Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialities) Act, 1995 and The Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialities of Services of Employees and Re-Organisation of Madrassa Educational Institutions) Act, 2018.
- The Assam cabinet had on December 13 approved a proposal to close down all Madrassas and Sanskrit Tols (schools) however, the legislation brought in the assembly during the day did not contain anything related to the Sanskrit tols.