The Board of Secondary Education, Assams (Seba) flip flop on making Assamese learning mandatory has raised questions on whether the Assamese language will continue to be taught in schools mushrooming in the state.

Earlier, appearing in the Assamese subject was not mandatory to pass the Class 10 board exam in Assam under the state board. There is no change in the policy, but Sebas recent notification made it compulsory to read Assamese as a subject in Class 9 and 10 in the schools affiliated to it.