GUWAHATI: Karbis, thought-about the earliest settlers of Assam and adjoining areas, will now get a possibility to check their language formally in greater training establishments. The transfer by the Assam Larger Secondary Training Council (AHSEC) to introduce Karbi in Class XI this 12 months is on the strains of the New Training Coverage, board officers mentioned.
There are round 9 lakh Karbis in Assam, of which an estimated inhabitants of 4 lakh are scattered within the hill district of Karbi Anglong.
On the senior secondary degree, AHSEC will introduce Karbi as a Fashionable Indian Language (MIL) paper. “Class X college students after matriculation this 12 months will be capable of research Karbi as MIL from the 2022-23 tutorial session. We now have 12 MILs to supply. College students want to select from any one in all them,” Anurupa Choudhury, deputy secretary (tutorial) at AHSEC informed TOI on Saturday. She mentioned the compilation of the textbook, Lammet Amanim, is prepared for introduction in Class XI.
Karbi was launched as a topic in Class IX in 2020 by the Board of Secondary Training Assam. Although the colleges in Assam haven't but launched Karbi on the undergraduate and postgraduate ranges, Dibrugarh and Assam College are providing certificates programs in Karbi language. However, the primary batch to go for Karbi has now received the chance to check the topic upto masters.
“We attraction to the colleges to begin making ready the Karbi topic syllabus for faculties to pave the best way for research on the greater degree,” mentioned Longsing Teron, chairman of the Karbi Language Growth Board beneath the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council.
He hoped that the Karbi paper could be a window to probe deep into the historical past of the language spoken by the Karbi inhabitants in Karbi Anglong, Dima Hasao, Nagaon, Sonitpur, Biswanath, Darrang and Cachar districts of the state.
Teron mentioned the Karbis residing within the plain areas close to Guwahati have some linguistic variations however AHSEC is hopeful that the mom tongue could be useful for the complete Karbi inhabitants.