Section 17(5) in Assam Education Department Rules and Orders
(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.
