Pratap Naik
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Fr. Pratap Naik, S.J. (real name Carvalho) is a
Founding of the TSKK
Naik was one of the proponents for founding the TSKK. The proposal to do so was brought up before the provincial congregation (one of the official bodies of the Jesuits) in 1978. "We wanted to start a school, in the European sense. An institute of higher learning to teach Konkani to Jesuits (primarily and to others too)," according to Naik, who was then a young scholastic trained to take up this work.[citation needed]
TSKK is named after
In 1982 TSKK was registered as a society, and it commenced operation in January 1986 from its former premises at Loyola Hall in
On the activities of the TSKK
The TSKK focuses on education and research of the Konkani language, literature and culture. Speaking about the professional activities of the TSKK, Pratap Naik has said, "We are not limiting ourselves only to Goa, but wherever Konkani is spoken. Shortly, we are going to study Siddi Konkani, spoken by a community of former slaves who were once located in Goa, and are now based in Yellapur in Konkani [sic]. For this we are collaborating with two Brazilian professors."
A large number of expatriates whose mother tongue was once Konkani are located outside of the Konkani-speaking regions of India. Regarding the creation of opportunities to educate members of such expatriate communities, Naik says: "It's a bit difficult. Distance education is more for information. Learning certain language skills has to be done through intensive contact programs. Short courses could be offered to attain language proficiency."[citation needed]
Training for scholastics
Since 1986, Jesuit scholastics training to become priests were sent for a one-month training in Konkani.[citation needed] In 2003, a Konkani postgraduate diploma course was proposed.[citation needed]
Roman script issue
In 2006, Naik was involved a campaign to get official recognition for the
References
- ^ Special Correspondent (12 February 2006). "Konkani script row may snowball into a major issue". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2009.