Amidst the ongoing controversy over the Mughal Empire chapters in Indian history textbooks, the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) has announced its willingness to make necessary changes to the Class 12 syllabus if required. The AHSEC Secretary, Pulak Patgiri, stated that if the NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) removes the Mughal chapters from their textbook, then the same chapters may not be taught in Assam. It should be noted that the new textbooks, containing chapters on the Mughal Empire, have already been distributed to students in Class 12 as the academic session began on April 1 in the state. However, the Education Minister of Assam, Ranoj Pegu, has refrained from commenting on the matter.

Earlier, there were reports that the NCERT had decided to remove certain chapters related to the Mughal Empire from Class 12 history textbooks, which received severe criticism. However, the Director of NCERT, Dinesh Prasad Saklani, clarified that no chapters on the Mughals had been removed. He stated that a rationalization process had taken place last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Expert committees examined the books from classes 6-12, and they recommended that if certain chapters were dropped, it would not affect the children's knowledge and would remove unnecessary burden. The NCERT revised the syllabus for history textbooks of Class 12 and dropped some chapters related to the Mughal empire. The chapters related to 'Kings and Chronicles; the Mughal Courts (C. 16th and 17th centuries)' have been removed from the Class 12 History book - 'Themes of Indian History-Part II.'

The NCERT Director clarified that the larger and more inclusive chapter related to the Mughal era courts has been retained, and that was also the recommendation of the expert committee. Saklani further added that the removed chapters were not brought back because new textbooks were under process. He stated that the debate over the matter was unnecessary, and the rationalization process was a standard procedure that was critically assessed by experts.