AGARTALA, Sep 22 (TIWN): Indigenous people’s Kokborok language has been introduced in the Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) for the first time in Tripura.

"Kokborok as alternative of Bengali (second language) in T-TET Paper-l & Paper-II has been introduced from TET 2019 session," reads the exam notice released by the Tripura Teachers' Recruitment Board.

Tripura TET will be held on October 20. Through this exam, the Board will select candidates for recruitment as teachers of classes 1-8. The exam would comprise two papers-paper 1 is for those candidates who intend to be a teacher of classes 1-5 and paper 2 is for those candidates who intend to be a teacher of classes 6-8.