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Silver jubilee of Konkani in schedule of constitution to be marked in city, Nov 16

Silver jubilee of Konkani in schedule of constitution to be marked in city, Nov 16


Mangalore Today News Network

Nov 16, 2017: Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy is set to mark on Nov 16, Thursday the 25th year of inclusion of Konkani in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. The function will be held at the Town Hall.

the academy, told media recently that the function in Mangaluru, today, November 16 will be the eighth in a series of programmes organised by the academy since August 20, in this connection. The academy has planned to hold 25 programmes through out the State. The 25th programme will be in Karwar in the first week of January 2018.

Today, Nov 16, Thursday, the programme will start with Konkani Children’s Day at 9. a.m. As many as 16 teams from primary and secondary schools will present cultural programmes.  This will be followed by programme by teams from different colleges of the district. Mayor Kavitha Sanil, Police Commissioner T.R. Suresh, and academy president R.P. Nayak will participate..

 Main  celebration of  the silver jubilee, marking inclusion of Konkani will be held at 5 p.m. District in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai and other Ministers will attend the event.

The former presidents of the academy namely Basti Vaman Shenoy, Eric Ozario, Kundapur Narayan Kharvi, Kasaragod Chinna, and Roy Castelino will also attend, Registrar of the academy B. Devadas Pai said absence of required number of students for Konkani in Class 10 was making it difficult to introduce Konkani at the PU level. The number of students studying Konkani as third language in Class 10 in Dakshina Kannada has not gone beyond 100. In all, there are about 500 students in Class 10 who are studying Konkani in the State.
   


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