Birtamod, Sept. 11 -- In order to save the native language of the indigenous and marginalised Meche people, Haldibari Rural Municipality has taken initiatives to teach the Meche language in Deependra Basic School from the current academic year.

The municipality, in coordination with the government school and a Meche language expert, has prepared a Meche language curriculum to be taught to students at the school.

The school has 131 students, out of whom 55 are Meche. Twelve hundred Meche families live in Haldibari Rural Municipality. The municipality's Vice-Chairman Dambar Giri said the local body has included the Meche language in the curriculum to preserve the fast-disappearing language.

"For this year, we have prepared the curriculum...