Protest against non-inclusion of bodo language for CTET Exam
Source: NEFIS *
Imphal, February 07 2019:
North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) activists along with the students of the university and different colleges of Kokrajhar today held a protest demonstration against the discriminatory step of Central Government to not include Bodo language among the languages offered in the CTET exam.
Bodo language is included in the 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution, which lists the recognized major languages used by the people across the country.
Exclusion of Bodo language from the CTET exam which includes 20 of 22 languages of the list amounts to a blatant attempt at discriminating against one of the most deprived communities of the country.
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Important to note is the fact that most of the state government-run schools have local languages as medium of instruction.
However, when the exams are conducted by the government agencies many of these languages are not allowed as an option.
This is a measure which creates exclusion for majority of the applicants who have studied from government schools and belong to poor and deprived backgrounds.
Moreover, it shows utter disregard of the central government for the students of marginalized backgrounds.
NEFIS demands that all local languages that are medium of instruction in governemt schools across the country should be included as an option in all the All-India exams including CTET exam.
NEFIS will continue the struggle in Delhi and pressurize the government to include all the 8th Schedule languages in the exams conducted by the government agencies.
* The sender of this news can be contacted at nefis(DOT)assam(AT)gmail(DOT)com .