With National Education Policy mandate, Odisha bats for mother tongue of tribals
The Hindu
Over 3,500 teachers are ready to impart learning in tribal languages to over 2 lakh children
The new National Education Policy lays emphasis on imparting teaching in mother tongue in primary classes. But when the language-base of Odisha’s adivasi communities is as diverse as 21 spoken languages further divided into 74 dialects, the task appears to be quite onerous.
However, Odisha’s decade-long experiment in multi-lingual education may come in handy to take up the challenge.
The ST and SC Development Department of the State government has already started working on project called ‘Samhati’ to address the language issues faced by tribal students in early grades or elementary classes. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTRTI) along with the Academy of Tribal Language and Culture (ATLC), Bhubaneswar are implementing the project.
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