Dhaka, Feb. 22 -- Out of the 123 students of Belbari Government Primary School in Dinajpur Sadar Upazila, 30 are from ethnic minority groups, mostly Santal. But they do not have textbooks in their languages, and no teachers who can give lessons in these languages.

The pupils' also lack knowledge of Bangla language because they mostly learn their mother tongue at home, which leads to a crisis in understanding the lessons.

From the very first day of school, these children are left to grapple with words utterly foreign to them despite making up one-fourth of the entire classroom.

Several students also go further down the rabbit hole as they lose interest in pursuing their education due to the language barrier.

According to Headmistress S...