Meetei Mayek text books for BA to be introduced
Source: IT News
Imphal, June 13 2017:
A 10-day orientation programme on Meetei Mayek for college teachers kicked off here at the DM College of Arts organised by the Directorate of Language and Implementation.
Education Minister Th Radheshyam opened the programme where Meetei Mayek (script) textbooks for Bachelor of Arts (BA) for the academic session 2017-18 were officially released.
The programme aims to impart the knowledge and skills necessary to college teachers since BA students from the academic session 2017-18 have to read Manipuri subject in Meetei Mayek.
At the event, transliterated MIL and Elective Manipuri subjects for BA were uploaded on the official website of Directorate of Language and Implementation.
The Bengali script is being gradually replaced by the Meetei Mayek script in text books in Manipur.
Meetei Mayek script is used for Manipuri language which is one of the languages in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.