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Prelims level: Shabd Portal
Why in the News?
The Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT), under the Union Education Ministry, has launched a unique website, shabd.education.gov.in, providing technical terms in all 22 official Indian languages.
About Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT)
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About the Shabd Portal
- The portal aims to serve as a central repository for technical terminologies across Indian languages, hosting glossaries from CSTT as well as other institutions and agencies.
- The portal currently hosts 450 dictionaries comprising 3 million words, making it a vast resource for users seeking scientific and technical terms in Indian languages.
- Search Features:
- Users can search for equivalent terms by language, subject, dictionary type, or language pairs.
- Specific searches can also be made within a particular glossary or across the entire collection.
- The platform also allows users to provide feedback on the terms prepared by the CSTT.
Significance of the Portal
- The launch comes amid efforts to promote technical education in Indian languages, including fields like medicine and engineering.
- The portal is an essential step in ensuring accessibility of scientific and technical education in regional languages, supporting the vision of multilingual education.
PYQ:[2014] Consider the following languages: 1. Gujarati 2. Kannada 3. Telugu Which of the above has/have been declared as ‘Classical Language / Languages’ by the Government? (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 only (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 |
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