Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma unveiled two flagship programmes in the poll-bound state. He announced that the government will give scooties to 22,000 girl students who secured first division marks in this year’s Class 12 state board examinations. It also opened up recruitment for posts of over 14,000 high, ME and LP school teachers along with provincialisation of nearly 4,000 existing teachers. Some of the state government’s flagship programmes will be launched once every week, called “Ashtadash Mukutor Unnoyonee Maala”.