Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 21 (ANI): Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Monday reminded the people of the genesis of the language movement in Bangladesh and explained how the Bengali speaking people of then East Pakistan revolted against the unilateral decision of imposing "Urdu" as a national language.

Agartala (Tripura) [India], February 18 (ANI): Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Thursday said that the controversy pertaining to hijab does not have any impact in the state but affirmed that if any kind of demands is raised relating to the issue, the state government will act in consultation with the stakeholders.

Agartala Jan 30 PTI Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Sunday said all educational institutions in the state including schools colleges and universities would open from Monday He said this decision was taken by the state government in consultation with the directors of the state health and education departments to compensate for the learning losses and mental wellness of the students The educational institutions which would open on Monday includes schools from pre-primary to higher secondary schools colleges and universities As the schools were closed most of the time of the last two years the students could not meet their friends and they also suffered learning losses he said The UNICEF recently observed that keeping schools closed is way higher than dangers of keeping them open The World Bank has also cautioned that the students had suffered a lot and mental health of students had broken down Nath told reporters adding that examinations would be held as per schedule The minister said many educationists and guardians also asked the state government to open educational institutions However he said that appropriate COVID-19 behaviour would be maintained in all educational institutions The state government had closed schools from January 15 till January 30 following the spike in COVID-19 cases PTI JOY RG RG

Agartala (Tripura) [India], January 29 (ANI): As Tripura witnessed a decline in COVID-19 cases, the school education department on Saturday issued fresh instructions to function all state-run schools and madrassas from pre-primary to Class 12 with full attendance.

Agartala (Tripura) [India], January 1 (ANI): Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Saturday said that the state education department is trying its best to make students fairly capable of learning as per the standard of their respective classes.

Agartala (Tripura) [India], December 15 (ANI): Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Tuesday said the state government is planning to grant financial relief to the teachers recruited through the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET).

Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 25 (ANI): Elections for more than 200 seats in the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) and other municipal bodies will be held on Thursday but Trinamool Congress Tripura unit Steering Committee head Subal Bhowmik has expressed apprehensions over free and fair polls, alleging the police continue to be a mute spectator on the incidents of violence against party candidates while lamenting that the Election Commission has not arranged voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) and closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras for the polls.