KOKBOROK

Kokborok is the mother tongue of the Borok people and their main language spoken by the indigenous people of the state. Kokborok belong to the Tibeto-Burman family and has close affinity with other language family like Bodo, Garo, Dimasa etc. 9 sub-tribe or clan of Borok community speaks this language. They are Debbarma, Reang, Jamatias, Tripura, Noatia, Kalai, Murasing, Rupini, Uchai. According to 2011 census the total population of Kokborok is 8,80,537 (23.97% of total population)

This language has a glorious cultural tradition. Its folk literature i.e folk songs, folk tale, folk lores are very rich. Kokborok got the written form in the year of 1897 as Doulot  Ahammad  a muslim scholar wrote the first Kokborok Grammar named “ KOKBOROMA ANG TRIPURA – VYAKARAN GRAMMAR.

Then Radha Mohan Thakur wrote a Grammar book in Kokborok named “ KOKBOROKMA” which was published in 1900 AD.

The publication of Kokborok Grammar book “KOKBOROKMA” written by Radha Mohan Thakur is recognized and observed by the state Government as first ever Kokborok publication.

The state Government declared Kokborok as one of the Official Language on 19th January, 1979.

In the year of 1981 Kokborok had been introduced as a medium of instruction at primary level. Presently Kokborok is being taught as language subject in 1244 schools at Elementary level & in 114 schools at Madhyamik level and in 59 schools at H.S(+2stage). Under the state Government. Kokborok has been introduced in degree level as elective subject in the year of 2012 and post graduate degree at Tripura (central) University in year of 2015. 

List of High & Higher Secondary Schools where Kokborok is being taught:-

TRIPURA BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION 
LIST OF SCHOOLS AFFILIATED TO TBSE WHERE KOKBOROK IS TAUGHT AT H.S. (+2 STAGE) LEVEL, 2023
Sl No School Code District  School Name  Management (School Edu./Private)
1 1H020 DHALAI HOKHU TWISA H.S.SCHOOL School Edu
2 1M026 DHALAI MANUGHAT CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
3 1R040 DHALAI RAISHYABARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
4 2A016 GOMATI AMPINAGAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
5 2T023 GOMATI TAIDUBARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
6 2B041 GOMATI BASHI CHANDRA PARA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
7 2K045 GOMATI KARBOOK PANJIHAM H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
8 2J079 GOMATI JALEMABARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
9 2P092 GOMATI P.K.CHOWDHURY PARA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
10 2N091 GOMATI NOABARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
11 3B062 KHOWAI BALARAM KOBRA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
12 3B001 KHOWAI BARAMAIDAN H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
13 3B019 KHOWAI BAIJALBARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
14 3B024 KHOWAI BHARAT SARDAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
15 3A015 KHOWAI AMPURA BAZAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
16 3K043 KHOWAI KHOWAI GOVT. GIRLS' CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
17 3B018 KHOWAI BACHAI BARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
18 3B022 KHOWAI BEHALA BARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
19 3L045 KHOWAI LALCHERRA GIRLS' H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
20 3R053 KHOWAI RATANPUR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
21 3T058 KHOWAI TULASIKHAR RAJNAGAR CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
22 3M078 KHOWAI MUNGIABARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
23 3I071 KHOWAI ICHARBIL H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
24 3P083 KHOWAI PARAKALAK H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
25 5P035 SEPAHIJALA PEKUARJALA H. S. SCHOOL School Edu
26 5G022 SEPAHIJALA GAZARIA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
27 5B046 SEPAHIJALA BISHRAMGANJ H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
28 5D175 SEPAHIJALA DON BOSCO SCHOOL BISHRAMGANJ Private
29 5P052 SEPAHIJALA PRAMODNAGAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
30 5L028 SEPAHIJALA LALSINGMURA CLASS XII  SCHOOL School Edu
31 5S070 SEPAHIJALA SUDHANYA DEBBARMA MEMORIAL H.S.SCHOOL School Edu
32 5S068 SEPAHIJALA SRINAGAR GABORDI CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
33 5T072 SEPAHIJALA TAKARJALA SOUTH H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
34 8M148 WEST M.T.GIRLS' H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
35 8B030 WEST BARKATHALIA CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
36 8C031 WEST CHANDPUR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
37 8M032 WEST MADHU CHOWDHURY PARA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
38 8S035 WEST SURENDRANAGAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
39 8T036 WEST TIPPRAH ACADEMY Private
40 8B053 WEST BARJALA BINAPANI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
41 8C059 WEST CHAMPAKNAGAR H. S. SCHOOL School Edu
42 8D187 WEST DON BOSCO H.S. SCHOOL Private
43 8J063 WEST JANMEJOYNAGAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
44 8J064 WEST JIRANIA KHOLA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
45 8S076 WEST SHIBNAGAR BORAKHA H.S.  SCHOOL School Edu
46 8T190 WEST TRIPURA PUBLIC SCHOOL Private
47 8Y081 WEST YAKHILI ACADEMY Private
48 8C060 WEST CHAUDHURI BARI GIRLS' CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
49 8B054 WEST BIRENDRANAGAR H.S.SCHOOL School Edu
50 8J139 WEST JATINDRA KUMAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
51 8M069 WEST MANDWI BAZAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
52 8K084 WEST KAMALGHAT H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
53 8L085 WEST LEFUNGA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
54 8R086 WEST RABI KUMAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
55 8B136 WEST B.K.GIRLS' CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
56 8B093 WEST BODHJUNG GIRLS' H.S.SCHOOL School Edu
57 8I047 WEST ISHANPUR CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
58 8C039 WEST CHANTAIBARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
59 8B128 WEST BODHJUNG BOYS' H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
TRIPURA BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION 
LIST OF SCHOOLS AFFILIATED TO TBSE WHERE KOKBOROK IS TAUGHT AT MADHYAMIK LEVEL, 2023
Sl No School Code District  School Name  Management (School Edu./Private)
1 1H020 DHALAI HOKHU TWISA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
2 1M026 DHALAI MANUGHAT CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
3 1D100 DHALAI DAYARAM KAMI HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
4 1R040 DHALAI RAISHYABARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
5 2A016 GOMATI AMPINAGAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
6 2J122 GOMATI JAMBUK BARI HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
7 2T023 GOMATI TAIDUBARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
8 2K045 GOMATI KARBOOK PANJIHAM H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
9 2J079 GOMATI JALEMABARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
10 2P092 GOMATI P.K.CHOWDHURY PARA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
11 2D131 GOMATI DON BOSCO SCHOOL Private
12 3B001 KHOWAI BARAMAIDAN H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
13 3B027 KHOWAI BAGABIL HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
14 3B019 KHOWAI BAIJALBARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
15 3D098 KHOWAI DEBENDRA CHOW PARA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
16 3R053 KHOWAI RATANPUR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
17 3P051 KHOWAI PASCHIM RAJNAGAR HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
18 3A015 KHOWAI AMPURA BAZAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
19 3A017 KHOWAI ATHAIBARI HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
20 3B024 KHOWAI BHARAT SARDAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
21 3I038 KHOWAI ISWAR SARDARPARA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
22 3K109 KHOWAI KOK ENGLISH SCHOOL Private
23 3L046 KHOWAI LABANYA CHOWPARA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
24 3K043 KHOWAI KHOWAI GOVT. GIRLS' CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
25 3B018 KHOWAI BACHAIBARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
26 3B022 KHOWAI BEHALABARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
27 3G036 KHOWAI GOPALNAGAR HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
28 3K040 KHOWAI K.M.R. HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
29 3A108 KHOWAI ANATH CHOW PARA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
30 3M100 KHOWAI MAYOUNG BEKERENG KUSUM PARA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
31 3N047 KHOWAI NALIABARI COLONY HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
32 3T058 KHOWAI TULASIKHAR RAJNAGAR CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
33 3B062 KHOWAI BALARAM KOBRA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
34 3M102 KHOWAI MAHARANIPUR BAZAR HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
35 3M078 KHOWAI MUNGIABARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
36 3N079 KHOWAI NAKHATALA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
37 3T092 KHOWAI TUITHAMPUI HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
38 3P083 KHOWAI PARAKALAK H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
39 3O111 KHOWAI OLIVE HILL HOLY CROSS SCHOOL Private
40 5L028 SEPAHIJALA LALSINGMURA CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
41 5P035 SEPAHIJALA PEKUARJALA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
42 5U042 SEPAHIJALA UJAN GOLAGHATI HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
43 5A044 SEPAHIJALA AMARENDRA NAGAR HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
44 5B046 SEPAHIJALA BISHRAMGANJ H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
45 5D175 SEPAHIJALA DON BOSCO SCHOOL BISHRAMGANJ, LALTILLA Private
46 5D170 SEPAHIJALA DON BOSCO SCHOOL HERMA Private
47 5L050 SEPAHIJALA LATIACHERA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
48 5R148 SEPAHIJALA RANG MALA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
49 5D149 SEPAHIJALA DWARKAICHERRA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
50 5K066 SEPAHIJALA KENDRAICHARA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
51 5T075 SEPAHIJALA THELAKUNGBARI HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
52 5J064 SEPAHIJALA JAMPAIJALA GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
53 5R067 SEPAHIJALA RATANPUR HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
54 5S174 SEPAHIJALA SHYAM NAGAR HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
55 5T073 SEPAHIJALA TELARBAN HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
56 5A166 SEPAHIJALA ARJUN THAKUR PARA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
57 5D177 SEPAHIJALA DON BOSCO SCHOOL, NABASARDARPARA Private
58 5J065 SEPAHIJALA JAMPAI GOBINDA THAKUR PARA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
59 5O179 SEPAHIJALA ORIENTAL OXFORD ACADEMY Private
60 5R153 SEPAHIJALA RAMDAL MODEL HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
61 5S172 SEPAHIJALA SRI GOURANGA VIDYA MANDIR Private
62 5S070 SEPAHIJALA SUDHANYA DEBBARMA MEMORIAL H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
63 5H178 SEPAHIJALA HOLONG ACADEMY Private
64 5S071 SEPAHIJALA ST.PETER HIGH SCHOOL Private
65 5T074 SEPAHIJALA TAKARJALA (NORTH) HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
66 5T072 SEPAHIJALA TAKARJALA SOUTH H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
67 5U076 SEPAHIJALA UJAN GHANIAMARA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
68 5T087 SEPAHIJALA THALIBARI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
69 5T114 SEPAHIJALA TAIBANDAL H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
70 8M148 WEST M.T. GIRLS' H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
71 8B030 WEST BARKHATALIA CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
72 8C031 WEST CHANDPUR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
73 8M032 WEST MADHU CHOWDHURY PARA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
74 8N033 WEST NOAGAON TAIRAJKAMI HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
75 8O202 WEST OUR LADY OF HOLY CROSS SCHOOL Private
76 8R034 WEST RADHANAGAR HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
77 8S035 WEST SURENDRANAGAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
78 8T037 WEST TAMAKARI HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
79 8T036 WEST TIPPRAH ACADEMY Private
80 8C039 WEST CHANTAIBARI H.S SCHOOL School Edu
81 8A044 WEST AKHALIACHHERA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
82 8D045 WEST DAROGAMURA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
83 8S052 WEST SUBALSING PARA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
84 8I047 WEST ISHANPUR CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
85 8J063 WEST JANMEJOYNAGAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
86 8J064 WEST JIRANIA KHOLA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
87 8Y081 WEST YAKHILI ACADEMY Private
88 8C060 WEST CHAUDHURI BARI GIRLS' CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
89 8B056 WEST BELBARI HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
90 8T080 WEST TRIPURA LOKASIKSHALAY HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
91 8T190 WEST TRIPURA PUBLIC SCHOOL Private
92 8B185 WEST BISHU CHANDRA PARA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
93 8B053 WEST BARJALA BINAPANI H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
94 8B058 WEST BIDYA CHANDRA PARA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
95 8S191 WEST SAL SAMPILI (SASA) ACADEMY Private
96 8K067 WEST KHUMPUI ACADEMY RES. ENG MEDIUM SCHOOL Govt. Aided
97 8S076 WEST SHIBNAGAR BORAKHA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
98 8B055 WEST BRIGUDASBARI HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
99 8D187 WEST DON BOSCO HIGH SCHOOL, NANDANNAGAR Private
100 8R074 WEST RASHIRAM ACADEMY Private
101 8S207 WEST SACRED HEART SCHOOL Private
102 8C061 WEST CHAMALIA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
103 8M201 WEST MANTI GIRLS' RESIDENTIAL ENGLISH MEDIUM HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
104 8A209 WEST AARI ENGLISH MEDIUM HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
105 8M069 WEST MANDWI BAZAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
106 8N071 WEST NEW MANDWI GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
107 8L085 WEST LEFUNGA H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
108 8R086 WEST RABIKUMAR H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
109 8S205 WEST SUBRAI VIDYAMANDIR Private
110 8B136 WEST B.K.GIRLS'CLASS XII SCHOOL School Edu
111 8B093 WEST BODHJUNG GIRLS' H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
112 8D096 WEST DAINMARA HIGH SCHOOL School Edu
113 8B128 WEST BODHJUNG BOYS H.S. SCHOOL School Edu
114 8J139 WEST JATINDRA KUMAR H.S. SCHOOL Govt. Aided

The Directorate of Kokborok & Other Minority Languages, Govt. of Tripura, Education Department (School) has been continuously publishing Kokborok language literary books, supplementary books for schools students & literary magazines. Apart from this, Seminars workshops & teachers training for Kokborok language is also being organised by the Directorate. The following activities are being performed by the Directorate of Development of Kokborok language since the Directorate has been established in the year 2012 –

  1. Literary Magazines, “KHUMPUI &”IMAGNI KHUMBER – 6 nos. issues of each Magazines have been published 2020.
  2. Yakpai Magazine – 2 nos. issues have been published since 2019-202 Financial Year.
  3. Literary Books – in total 36 nos. literary books of various writers have been published till 2020. 
  4. Workshops / Seminar – in total 24 nos. workshops / Seminars on Kokborok language has been organised till 2020-21 Financial Year.

During the Financial Year, 2021-22 the Directorate has performed following activities for developing Kokborok language –

  1. 2 days Seminar on Kokborok Morphology language has been organized on 15-16th July,2021
  2. Training Program of Kokborok Language knowing teachers has been organised 23rd to27th August 2021.
  3. 17 nos. literary books have been published / printed. [In total Directorate has published / printed 53 nos. literary books].
  4. Apart from this the Directorate has set up a Online Kokborok learning Program for All Government Officials / Staff (Group – A,B,C) and their family members. The said course has commenced from the month of January, 2022.
  5. Kokborok Teachers Handbook from class III –XII has been published during the Financial Year – 2021-22.