TIPRA Motha founder alleges invigilators' denial of translation support for Kokborok exam papers

Almost a year after row over script of choice for Kokborok language, lingua franca of majority of tribal population of Tripura, TIPRA Motha party founder and royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarma alleged that invigilators in some schools denied to translate question paper for Kokborok examination that was prepared in Bengali script, further claiming that many students submitted blank paper as they could not read Bengali. TIPRA Motha founder Pradyot Debbarma alleged that invigilators in some exam centres denied to provide translation support for Kokborok exam papers. In a video message, Debbarma said that the state government had given an assurance a year ago that the invigilators would provide translation support to the students during Madhyamik or Class 10 board examinations who could not read Bengali, and that the students would be allowed to write the Kokborok paper in Roman script. The row over Kokborok script started last year January after TBSE chief Dr. Dhananjoy Gonchoudhury asked all the examination center in-charges to allow only Bengali script for writing Kokborok paper in the Class 12 and 10 board examinations scheduled to begin from March 1 and 2 due to insufficient qualified evaluators to check answer copies written in Roman script.