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"We are very hopeful of introducing agriculture as a course in about 100 schools affiliated to AHSEC from this year. GUWAHATI: The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) will introduce agriculture in the curriculum of Class XI from this year. Besides, having a kitchen garden, rain water harvesting are also going to be mandatory in the schools affiliated to AHSEC. The board feels agriculture offers vast possibilities of livelihood support.Taking to the media on the sidelines of a meeting with state agriculture minister, Atul Bora, AHSEC chairman Dayananda Borgohain said the state education board has planned to introduce the course in about 100 schools of the state in the first phase. "The kitchen gardens will work like laboratories for students, who are keen to take up agriculture as a means of livelihood..