After Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) decided to reduce the syllabus for the HS final year students for the 2020-2021 academic year by 30% due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it today published the topics which have been omitted from the Political Science paper.

The omitted topics include, inter-alia, India and the Cold War, Dominance and challenge to the US in economy ideology, Conflicts and efforts for peace in South Asia and Politics of disarmament.  

From the 'Politics in India Since Independence' section, First three general elections, Nehru's approach to nation-building, Nehru's foreign policy, Punjab crisis and the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 and Ayodhya dispute, Gujarat riots have been left out this year, among others.

Find the entire list of omitted topics below