AGARTALA: The Tripura government launched an online learning course of local dialect Kokborok being spoken by over 32% indigenous people for government employees who do not have the skill to communicate in Kokborok although it has been recognised as the official language of the state along with Bengali and English.
Education minister Ratan Lal Nath, after launching the course, told media on Monday that in the first batch, 100 government employees from all eight districts would be provided basic training to learn Kokborok online. The trainee list has the officers of Tripura Civil Services, All India Administrative Service, Police and Forest Service, as the state government is making the administrative functioning in Kokborok and knowing the basics of the language is a must for the employees.
The training will be held on Sundays, second and fourth Saturdays of every month, as those days are paid holidays in the state. The training of each batch will be completed in 14 weeks, Nath underlined, adding, “The state government has taken various initiatives to promote Kokborok, including making the language accessible to non-Kokborok speaking people.”
