Initiatives to bring up knowledge institutions like in Kerala was under the active consideration of the Assam Government, he told reporters here.
Lack of education was one of the vital causes of poor socio-economic phenomenon of the minorities in Assam, Ahmed, who was here to visit the private Markaz educational institution run by a Muslim organisation, said.
The state government had identified the reasons for this lagging and was trying to solve those hurdles, he said.
'The service bestowed by different charity organisations from Kerala in the refugee camps of Kokrajhar, Chirang under BTAD and Dubri District, is praise worthy', Ahmed said.