Bhubaneswar: 1/10/23: Odisha Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik has released 21 additional textbooks for primary classes of Saura, Kui, Kuvi, Gondi, and Munda languages. This dictionary will enrich Santali language and will be especially useful for the additional textbook students in primary education. This 3-volume dictionary was compiled by renowned Santali litterateur Srijukta Chaitanya Prasad Majhi and was edited by an editorial board. The Primers have been developed by the SCSTRTI under Samhati programme under the guidance of Dr. Paramananda Patel.
On this occasion Jagannath Saraka, minister, SSDMBCW Department highlighted the efforts put in by the state government for the preservation and propagation of tribal language, literature and culture.
Secretary to CM (5T) VK Pandian, Roopa Roshan Sahoo, Commissioner-cum-Secretary of SSDMBCW Department and Indramani Tripathy, Director, SCSTRTI and other officials of the department were present at the event.