Representatives of Kamtapuri Bhasa Academy on Saturday clarified that they had submitted schoolbooks and curriculum for introduction of Kamtapuri language as a medium of instruction in state-aided primary schools.

“Recently, the chief minister said we have not yet readied the curriculum which made some Kamtapuri people disgruntled. We want to clarify that on November 26 last year we submitted 37 schoolbooks and the curriculum for pre-primary to class V to the member secretary of our academy. He had submitted those at Nabanna on November 29. We hope the state government will consider our demand to introduce the language in primary classes,” said Bajle Rehman, chairman of the academy.

On January 5, Mamata Banerjee said that there were requests to carry out inspections in some informal schools where education is imparted through Kamtapuri, a variant of Rajbanshi language. “But they are yet to fix a curriculum like the Rajbanshi informal schools already did,” she had said.

“The education department would carry out inspections in two such schools within a year as it would take a few months to set the curriculum,” Mamata had added.

Kamtapuri Bhasa Academy is one of the language academies formed by the state for Rajbanshi population.

“We are not criticising the chief minister but have just furnished the facts to clear misunderstandings of people,” Rehman added.

During the past couple of years, Trinamul has been focusing on the Rajbanshi population of north Bengal as their votes matter in almost half of the 54 Assembly seats of the region.