Section 17 in Assam Education Department Rules and Orders
17. "Middle schools" mean the schools teaching up to the middle of the secondary stage of education in the curriculum prescribed by Government and include all class of middle schools specified below unless the class of middle school is specifically mentioned :
(1)"Middle English schools" mean those Middle schools where English is taught as one of the compulsory subjects unless the context excludes the classes of such schools mentioned in sub-rule (3) and (4) of this rule.(2)"Middle vernacular schools" mean those middle schools where English is not taught as one of the compulsory subjects unless the context excludes he clauses of such schools mentioned in sub-rules (4) and (5) of this rule. These Middle vernacular schools are also called Assamese Middle Schools, Bengali Middle Schools, etc., according as the vernacular of such schools is Assamese or Bengali.(3)"Middle English Madrassas" mean only those Middle English Schools which provide for a course of study in Islamic subjects in their curriculum.(4)"Sanskrit Middle Schools" are those middle schools which provide for a course of study in Sankskirt as one of the compulsory subjects. A Sanskrit Middle school may either be a Middle English School or Middle Vernacular School according as whether it has English in its compulsory course or not.(5)"Middle Madrassas" means those Middle Vernacular Schools which provide for a course of study in Islamic subjects in their curriculum.Note : The term "middle vernacular school" is used only to distinguish the middle schools with English from those without English. As soon as English is abolished from the curriculum for middle schools all such school will be called middle schools. To distinguish the middle schools with different vernacular as well as those with provision for teaching of Sanskrit or Islamic subject the terms Assamese Middle School, Bengali Middle School, Khasi middle School, Sanskrit Middle School, and Middle Madrassas will then be used.
