Tripura Govt’s priority is to get Kokborok included in 8th schedule of Constitution: Parliamentary Affairs Minister R L Nath

In a veiled disapproval of the erstwhile Left Front government, Nath stated that nary inaugural was taken to make the connection earlier 2018, which was the twelvemonth erstwhile the BJP came to powerfulness successful Tripura. The Left Front ruled the northeastern authorities continuously for 25 years till 2018.

“We named Gandacherra arsenic Ganda Tuisa, Baramura arsenic Hatai Kotor to beforehand the Kokborok language… Now 1 tin adjacent prosecute a PhD successful the Kokborok language,” helium said.

Comparing parent lingua to mother’s milk, the curate said, “Mother lingua is one’s birthright… No authorities tin snatch it. Children larn their parent lingua from their parent earlier going to school. Mother lingua is equivalent to mother’s milk. There is nary alternate to it.”

“If a parent lingua is lost, past a nine is lost. We tin explicit ourselves much successful our parent lingua than successful immoderate different language. That’s wherefore our premier curate is giving value to parent tongue,” Nath added.

Highlighting antithetic initiatives taken by the authorities authorities for the promotion of the Kokborok language, Nath stated that they person created 22 posts for Kokborok module successful colleges and besides utilized the connection for the Teachers’ Eligibility Test, among others.

Nath further said that Kokborok is being taught successful 1,163 schools from Classes 1 to 5, 133 schools from Classes 6 to 8, 115 schools successful Classes 9 and 10, and 65 schools successful Classes 11 and 12. Nearly 10,000 students are presently learning the language.

The curate mentioned that 3,276 candidates had the Kokborok taxable successful their Class 10 authorities committee exams successful 2023, portion 4,009 Class 12 committee examinees had Kokborok the aforesaid year.