Soon after completing the buffet at Singapore Mathematical Society event, I had to rush off to attend another annual prize giving ceremony organized by the Bengali School, BLLS.
There are two Bengali Schools in Singapore – BLLS and BLCF. My daughter, Deepa, a student of NUS High School, attends BLLS that operates every Saturday for 5 hours to teach only Bengali language.
Today she got 1st prize for the 7th year in a row since Class 1. It is not say she is very good in Bengali language. However, whatever she learnt could not have been possible had Singapore Govt. not facilitate taking Bengali (along with many other languages) as a Mother Tongue till 12th standard.
Singapore is possibly the only country (as far as I know) outside our native places where one can take Bengali as a mother tongue and it counts as a valid/official subject.
Thank you Singapore for helping the small linguistic groups keeping alive their languages.
Thank you all teachers and others involved in running the school, who either take a token salary or volunteer for their love for the language.
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