Indigenous children learn in mother tongue
Save the Children officials visit aided project in Khagrachhari
Save the Children officials look on as indigenous children learn in their mother language at a pre-primary school at Semanapara in Khagrachhari Sadar.Photo: STAR
Children of indigenous communities are leaning in their mother tongue at 60 pre-primary schools set up in remote hills in Khagrachhari with assistance of Save the Children, a UK-based donor organisation. The schools with 1546 children on roll are run by Zabarang Kalayan Samity, a local NGO, with 73 teachers including 56 females. It have also set up four community learning circles (CLCs) at Panchhari, 3 in Khagrachhari Sadar upazila and 3 in Dighinala upazila Chumki Chakma, Sadar Upazila Project Officer (PO) said. The Chief Executive of Zabarang Kallayan Samity Mothura Lal Tripura said, Chakma language is being used at Chakma villages, Kokborok language in Tripura villages and Marma language in Marma villages. In the process, children are also learning their own culture and tradition in a very enjoyable atmosphere. They come to school regularly, he said. Terry Durnian, Head of Programme of Save the Children, during a visit to remote Semanapara village yesterday, said the pre-school centers are doing a wonderful job by teaching children in their mother tongue. Robert Hardy, chief financial officer and Ken Caldwell, Director (International Operation) of Save the Children were in the team. They said they are trying to set up more such schools in the hills. Khagrachhari Hill District Council (KHDC) chairman Monindra Lal Tripura lauded the effort. More such schools will be set up under the project, he said.
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