EDUCATION / MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION

Tripura promotes Kok-Borok in tribal schools

In 2005, the Education department of Tripura decided to give a push to Kok-Borok as a medium of instruction at the Junior Basic level to help tribal students learn in their mother tongue. Ratna Bharali Talukdar reports on the challenges as well as the gains from a strong focus on education in recent years in the state.