Agartala: A delegation from Bangladesh has been bowled over by the teaching procedures of tribal languages in different schools in Tripura.

A group of 12 experts from the Bangladesh Tripuri Kalyan Foundation (BTKF), arrived Wednesday on a weeklong visit to Tripura, has found the tribal language teaching technique in the state very efficient.

The Bangladeshi team is here to study the teaching methods, script and curriculum of tribal languages taught in schools in the state.

"We want to introduce languages spoken by tribes at primary school level from the academic year of 2008," said Sagarika Roaza, advisor of the BTKF said here Thursday.

The tribal population in Bangladesh is about 600,000 comprising of 11 tribes having distinct languages, culture and traditions. The tribals are spread over three districts of Khagrachari, Bandarban and Rangamati in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of southeast Bangladesh.

Most tribal community in Bangladesh are similar to tribals of India's northeast.

"Bangladesh government's CHT affairs ministry has extended all support to introduce teaching in tribal languages for the ethnic students from the next academic year," said Anupam Tripura, member of the Khagrachari Hill District Council.

"We are providing support, guidance and sharing knowledge with the visiting delegation for improving method of teaching in tribal languages in Bangladesh," said Jitendra Chowdhury, Tripura's tribal welfare minister.

The Bangladesh delegation also interacted with officials of the Tripura Tribal Autonomous District Council (TTADC), responsible for all round development of the tribal populace that constitutes one third of Tripura's 3.5 million populations. IANS

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