The demand for Roman Script for Kokborok language, the widely spoken indigenous language of all the 19 tribes of Tripura, has been raised for decades by different organisations and at present, ahead of the TTAADC election, the issue has reached its peak.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday rejected the demand to introduce the Roman script for Kokborok, reigniting a decades-old debate over the script to be used for the indigenous language of Tripura's tribal communities.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha today said that the state government has taken a series of steps to develop Kokborok and other minority languages and informed the assembly that the process of recruiting around 401 Assistant Professors is underway.
The Tripura government has allowed the students to write Kokborok language board exam paper in the upcoming class 10 and class 12 exams in both Bengali and Roman scripts, a state minister said on Monday.
Tripura Minister Sushant Chowdhury on Monday said that students are allowed to write Kokborak language papers both in Bengali and Roman script as train services and vehicular movement were impacted on Monday due to an "indefinite" rail-road blockade by student bodies over the Kokborok script