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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Jharkhand government moves for tribal language

By Jyoti Sonia Dhan

Isn’t it interesting that, the promotion of tribal languages in the schools? We had heard about it in the colleges like St Xavier College and Gosnner College in Ranchi having language paper in the tribal languages.
The Jharkhand government has taken a good initiative to teach lessons in Ho language up till the middle school in Kolhan (chaibasa) areas especially in the village school. The course curriculum depicted lessons on the festivals and the culture. It also included about the tribal freedom fighter’s struggle history.
There were 18 days classes given to the teachers related to these initiatives. The books were distributed and classes were on.
Thanks to the education department for recognizing the language. Hope the other tribal languages were to also to be taught in the schools. Besides, Hindi and English as the medium of communication, the regional languages were also plays its role in the society so why not the tribal languages in the tribal area. Its part of ones identity so do as in the regional state areas.

Source: Field study by the writer

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