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PANJIM: The Goa government is preparing technical terminology in the Official Language to be used during the preparation and translation of school textbooks in Konkani, in accordance with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has already been signed with the Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT), New Delhi, Ministry of Education, to prepare, coin, and frame technical terminologies in various domains of knowledge in the Konkani language.
The CSTT is the only authority responsible for creating, coining, and framing technical terminology in Indian languages. The signing of the MoU with the Directorate of Official Languages will assist in preparing, coining, and framing technical terminology in Konkani. Additionally, it will facilitate the creation of textbooks in regional languages and will be useful for translation and research purposes.
So far, workshops to achieve this goal have been conducted in August and September of last year, covering fundamentals in Mass Communication/Journalism, Chemistry, and a Learner’s Glossary for school-level subjects such as Computer Science, Environmental Studies, and Mathematics. A workshop on fundamentals in Zoology, Agriculture, and Learners’ terms in Chemistry, Computer Science, and Mathematics for High School is currently ongoing. Further workshops in domains such as Physics, Law and Legislative Affairs, Accountancy, Fisheries, Forestry, and Oceanography will also be held soon.
WORKSHOP FROM TODAY
PANJIM: (CSTT, New Delhi, in collaboration with the Directorate of Official Language (DOL), will conduct a five-day technical terminology creation/coining workshop at the DOL office in Junta House, Panjim, from Thursday, February 6 to 10.
The CSTT has finalised the experts for the workshop according to their parameters. Each subject team will comprise respective subject experts, Konkani language experts, a Sanskrit language expert, and a linguist.
Assistant Director of CSTT Dr. Ashok Shelwatkar and Shalandra Singh will attend the workshop.
