Source: The post is based on the article “10 Indian languages to get technical-term dictionaries” published in The Hindu on 8th May 2023
What is the News?
The Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology(CSTT) is working to create technical and scientific terminology in 10 Indian languages underrepresented in the learning landscape.
It aims to bring out fundamental (basic) dictionaries with 5,000 words per language, in three to four months. These will be in a digital, searchable format and free of cost.
What is the Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology(CSTT)?
Established in: 1961
Nodal Ministry: Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education.
The Commission was established under clause (4) of Article 344 of the Constitution of India as a follow-up of recommendations of a Committee in this regard.
Mandate: To evolve technical terminology in all Indian languages.
Functions: To evolve and define scientific and technical terms in Hindi and all Indian Languages and publish technical glossaries, definitional dictionaries etc.
– To see that the evolved terms and their definitions reach to students, teachers, scholars, scientists, officers etc.
– To encourage technical writings in Hindi and other Indian Languages by sponsoring Seminars/Conferences/Symposia on scientific and technical subjects.
– To coordinate with all states to ensure uniformity of terminology in Hindi and other Indian languages. (Through State Government/Granth Academies/University Cells/ Glossary Clubs or other agencies).
– To encourage the publication of books, magazines and journals in Hindi and Indian Languages to popularize the usage of standard terminology evolved by the Commission.
Headquarters: New Delhi
Why is CSTT working to create technical and scientific terminology in 10 Indian languages?
Bodo, Santhali, Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani, Nepali, Manipuri, Sindhi, Maithili, and Sanskrit are a part of the list of 22 official languages of India’s Eighth Schedule.
However, there is a paucity of study material created in them, primarily because of a lack of words to describe scientific phenomena and technical terms.
The sparse content available was confined to the primary school level which used English words when regional vocabulary was unavailable.
Hence, the CSTT is working to create technical and scientific terminology in 10 Indian languages underrepresented.
Significance: This move assumes importance as the National Education Policy 2020 has espoused the use of regional languages as a medium of education in both school and college.
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