[lg policy] 10-year master plan for a trilingual Sri Lanka launched in 2011: What has happened to that? Comments / 117 Views / Monday, 18 February 2019 00:05 Sri Lanka’s cultural diversity is as rich or richer than its natural beauty. The inherent kindness of its people fashioned by its many religions and cultures is something that many other countries that do not have Sri Lanka’s diversity would die for. Sadly, Sri Lankans have from time to time killed each other trying to wreck this diversity. As a consequence, they have become poorer as a society by running back to its silos and not seeing the beauty that is around then – Pic by Shehan Gunasekara Many are of the opinion that unless conscious efforts are made, inter-ethnic conflicts of the past may recur or perpetuate as inter-ethnic tensions and pose fresh challenges to national harmony and social integrity – Molly Mueller, Asia Foundation In an article titled ‘Sri Lanka Launches Plan to Become Trilingual Nation’ appear
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- Previous message (by thread): [lg policy] Legal threat to proposal to change the way Tasmania gives Aboriginal dual names to significant sites Adam Holmes Local News FACEBOOKSHARE TWITTERTWEET EMAIL The Tamar River is one of 13 Tasmanian places to have a dual name. Its Aboriginal name is kanamaluka. The Tamar River is one of 13 Tasmanian places to have a dual name. Its Aboriginal name is kanamaluka. THE Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania has threatened to take the Tasmanian Government to the Federal Court if it changes a policy that guides the dual naming of significant sites. The government’s review of the Aboriginal and dual naming policy is expected to be finalised soon. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads The updated policy seeks to “broaden the scope” of groups that can nominate names, beyond using palawa kani. At the moment, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre uses recordings of Aboriginal people from the 19th and early 20th century – among other linguistic research – to determine palawa kani pronunciation
- Next message (by thread): [lg policy] Sabha wants job seekers to pass language test Kangkan Kalita | TNN | Updated: Feb 17, 2019, 08:53 IST Representative image Representative image GUWAHATI: The Asam Sahitya Sabha, the state’s apex literary body, wants all job aspirants to clear a language test to be considered eligible candidates. The Sabha has placed the demand, along with details about how it wants it to be implemented, before the state government. “From fourth grade to top category jobs, there should be two compulsory papers for job-seekers, of 50 marks each. One paper should be on the Indian language which is the candidate’s mother tongue. The other would follow provisions in The Assam Official Language Act, 1960, which gave Assamese official status in the Brahmaputra Valley and Bengali in the Barak Valley,” Padum Rajkhowa, principal secretary of the organization, told TOI on Saturday. Behind it all is a fear, the organization says, that outsiders will take up most jobs and the Assamese language will die of
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