Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launches PMS portal to streamline school provincialisation process

In a significant stride towards reforming the State's education sector, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday ceremonially launched theProvincial-isation Management System (PMS) portal at a programme held at Lok Sewa Bhawan. This dedicated digital platform is designed to streamline, monitor, and process applications for the provincialisation of venture institutions and their associated teaching and non-teaching staff. The initiative, which centralises all the education department data, can be located on the official websites of Elementary, Madhyamik, and Higher Education.

During the conversation, Sarma shared his happiness for the launch and pointed out that the PMS portal was solely made to help the teachers and educational staff applying under the Assam Education (Provincialisation of Services of Teachers and Re, organisation of Educational Institutions) Act, 2017, as amended in 2025.

The Chief Minister traced the history of the State's provincialisation process and said that when he was the Education Minister in 2011, the services of more than 39, 000 teachers were provincialised, then in 2017 provincialisation was extended to more than 16, 000 staff members.

This third stage of provincialisation focuses on all non-provincial academic institutions, including venture LP, UP/ME, high, and senior secondary schools, as well as degree colleges. The Chief Minister explained that the base year for the establishment of these institutions has been set as in existence before 1st January 2006.

To apply, institutions have to send a full set of documents including the permission/recognition certificates, land documents, declaration of the pass percentage of the last four years, and details of each teaching and non, teaching staff member.

Furthermore, the Chief Minister announced that the Government has made a specific provision in this year's Vote-on-Account Budget for the 'Gurudakshina' scheme. Under this initiative, teaching and non-teaching staff whose services cannot be provincialised will be provided with a financial package. The Government also intends to introduce a 'preferential marking system' to assist these individuals when applying for other Government jobs, ensuring a secured future for those who have dedicated years to venture academic institutions.

The Chief Minister concluded by calling upon all stakeholders to extend their support to resolve issues pertaining to venture institutions and urged everyone concerned to make full use of the new digital facility. The event was attended by Education Minister Ranoj Pegu, who delivered the welcome address, alongside Assam State School Education Board Chairman RC Jain, Secretary of School Education Department SN Chowdhury, and Director of Secondary Education Mamata Hojai.