Bodo Students Burn New Education Appendix Over Script Choice

Overview

• Members of the All Bodo Students’ Union staged a public protest at Gauhati University and burned copies of Hamkoshar Parishista in objection to how the Bodo language was printed in the book.
• ABSU alleges the appendix represents Bodo using the Assamese script instead of Devanagari and has called for corrections to all affected learning materials.
• Hamkoshar Parishista is a multilingual appendix that includes resources for indigenous Assam languages such as Bodo, Rabha, Mising and Karbi, which protesters say raises stakes for classroom accuracy.
• ABSU leaders invoked Bodo’s legal status under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and its recognition in Assam’s language law to demand that the language be shown in its recognised script.
• Reports record no response from the book’s publishers, Gauhati University administration, or Assam state authorities so far, and ABSU has called for formal corrective action to preserve linguistic identity and teaching quality.