Chief Minister Champai Soren today held a high-level meeting with officials at the Chief Minister's Residential Office, Kanke Road, Ranchi, to start teaching tribal languages in primary schools run by the state government for the promotion and development of the rich tribal and regional languages of Jharkhand.
The Chief Minister directed the officials to include the rich tribal and regional languages in the curriculum of classes 1 to 5 in all the primary schools run by the state government and start teaching these languages soon. The CM told the officials that the promotion and development of the tribal languages and regional languages of the state is a priority of his government. He directed the officials to complete the process of empanelment of Bell-based expert teachers of tribal and regional languages as soon as possible, so that studies can be started in primary schools.
On this occasion, Minister of Scheduled Tribe, Scheduled Caste and Backward Class Welfare Department, Deepak Biruwa, Secretary to the Chief Minister, Arwa Rajkamal and senior officials of the Education Department were present.