Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said 26 private colleges in Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) will be brought under the government control in the first phase of provincialisation.Sarma held a meeting with a delegation of All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) and Bodo Sahitya Sabha (BSS) regarding development of the educational sector in the BTR as per the Bodo Accord.
The Higher Education Department will check the status of the colleges, , qualification of existing faculty, need for fresh recruitment and take appropriate action in this regard, it added.