Odia schools in Jharkhand shift to Hindi, sparks row

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Thousands of children of Odia-speaking people residing in bordering districts ofJharkhandare forced to study in Hindi medium due to the lack of Odia-language teachers in their schools.

As a result,Odisha Bhasha Vichar Mancha a civil Society group has decided to move the Jharkhand with a demand to include Odia in the teachers training programme.

The recent decision of the National Council of Teachers Education (NCTE) to exclude Odia from

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the primary teachers training programme in the state has added to the woes ofOdiasin Jharkhand.

Sources said Odia is studied as a second language in Jharkhand as around 20 lakh Odia-speaking people reside in 10 districts of the state. In the three bordering districts of East and West Singhbhum and Sareikala-Kharswan, around 30% of the Population are Odias.