Dr REKHA CHOUDHURY

Humanities are an academic discipline which deals with the study of the 'Human Condition', utilizing methodologies that are usually analytical, critical or speculative. It is the study of human culture, thought and experiences. By studying different cultures, values, customs, ideas and ways of other people, demography, places and societies humanists understand what distinguishes human beings from other species what has made our species survive and thrive and what ultimately unites us all. For all these reasons, humanities courses vary widely in scope and are available at all levels of higher secondary and college study. It is a broad category encompassing several disciplines that fall under its realm that cannot be studied under the natural sciences such as geography, economics, history, psychology, sociology, political science, etc. English as a discipline is also studies under the humanities umbrella.The approach of solving problems in humanities is somewhat different from the other streams as it involves interpretive and analytical methods as the human experience cannot be quantified using numbers and figures alone. Students who opt for this stream have a great future if they are ready for hard work and the road to a great career and success in humanities, though not easy but it can be achieved through passion, hard work and smart work. The career horizons for those who belong to this stream of study is limitless and favours the students to gain the ability to reason critically, communicate effectively and make connections across broad fields of knowledge. The students take a multidisciplinary approach to education. Thus humanities stream offer subjects which has both theoretical knowledge and practical utility. Faculty Higher Secondary School, North Guwahati is affiliated to CBSE and presently has been offering courses/ subjects in the three streams, namely Science Commerce and Humanities. The school started its Higher Secondary Section from 1989 when opnly subjects from Science and Commerce where offered to the students. The Humanities stream started only in 2001 with an enrollment of 25 students and the stream offered subjects like English , Economics, Psychology , Maths , Bussuiness Studies, Political Science, History and Informatics Practices. The first batch of students from humanities appearing in AISSCe was in 2003 where they cleared the exam in flying colours with a cent percent result. In the last 17 years from theinception of this stream, the students enrollment in humanities is increasing by leaps and bounds. This is reflected from 2017 students enroolment which rose to 82 thus allowing the school to segregate the class into two sections. The positive trend is augmented by the good result shown by the students in the Board's Exam (AISSCE). The following are the toppers of this school (Humanities) from 2013 to 2017.

1.Kankhita Sharma - 96.4%

2.Rituparna Choudhury - 96%

3.Anshu Agarwal - 95.4%

1.Debangana Das - 98.5%,  Priyadarshini Mahanta -98.5%

2.Sarodi Jyotshna Mahanta - 98.3%

3.Spandana Kalita - 97.8%,  Pragya Deb - 97.8%

1.Bhargav Kalpa Borah - 97%,  Karabi Barman - 97%,  Sudarshana Bhattacharya - 97%

2.Priyanka Das - 96.75%

3.Pratik Sharma - 96.5%

1.Ankita Goswami - 98%

2.Shruti Bora - 97%

3.Kristi Saikia - 96%  ,Ekata Das - 96%

1.Archit Sarma - 98%

2.Bhumika Sharma - 97.5%

3.Akriti Agarwala - 96.3%

The school has been getting its topper for the last four years i.e 2014 to 2017 from the humanities stream which shows the progress of the stream with time. The school is also proud for Ankita Goswami who was the North East Topper in 2016 and received the prestigious award from the Governor of Assam.