Arunachal Pradesh Establishes Unique School To Conserve Native Nyishi Custom And Culture

ITANAGAR: At Rang village in Seppa town in the East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, a new initiative was launched in order to conserve long-standing customs and regional dialects. In an effort to preserve regional customs in the modern day, the Arunachal Pradesh CM supported the establishment of a special local Gurukul known as Nyubu Nyvgam Yerko in Seppa town of the state.

More than 26 tribes, hundreds of sub-tribes, as well as numerous languages and regional dialects, can be found in Arunachal Pradesh. Youths are losing touch with their own regional dialects and traditions in current times as a result of the voracious use of Hindi and English.

At the Nyubu Nyvgam Yerko, a local Gurukul-style school located in Rang village, close to Seppa, Arunachal Pradesh, where education is provided in accordance with the traditional knowledge while emphasizing one's roots, a group of Nyishi Elite Society (NES) executive members paid a visit. The group actively engaged with its pupils who were learning regional dialects.

An official institution for indigenous languages and knowledge systems is called Nyubu Nyvgam Yerko. Pema Khandu, the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, will dedicate it on March 19, 2021. Khandu announced during the school's opening that it would be the first of its kind in Arunachal Pradesh and that it would support and conserve local customs, cultures, and languages.

About 90 pupils in grades 1 through 3 attend Nyunu Nyvgam Yerko, according to Robin Nyishing, the head of the school management committee. The students study NCERT subjects in addition to their native tongues.

Robin explained that donations to this unique school, which was founded with the help of the State government at the initiative of CM Pema Khandu, were used to pay for the infrastructure as well as the wages of the teachers and other maintenance expenditures.

According to Robin, local traditional bamboo huts for meditation and classrooms—also called locally Nampu NamloNamlo and nyikhi namlo—were built to disseminate traditional teachings in an antiquated environment. Students at this Gurukul maintain the same traditional hairstyle that their predecessors wore.

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