The Santali language and literature has already been recognised by the Central Govt. and State Govt. of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orisaa in the ways mentioned below:
i). Bihar Secondary School Examination Board, Patna and Jharkhand Secondary School Examination Board, Jharkhand have accepted Santali Language/Literature as optional paper in Matriculation level.
ii). The Govt. of Bihar is first to publish a journal named "Hor Sambad" since 1947 which is now continue by Govt. of Jharkhand and Govt. of West Bengal Publishing Santali magazine "Puchhim Bangla" regularly and recognise Ol chiki script for Santali in 1979.
iii).The state Govt. of Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and Orissa have already initiated action plans for imparting education in mother tongue for the Santal students in primary schools.
iv). The University Grants Commission, Delhi has started imparting education and conferring Post-Graduate Degree in Santali language and literature.
v). The Bihar Public Service Commission offers Santali Language/Literature as optional paper for its competative Examination
vi). The Govt. of Bihar ahs been conducting Santali Examination for its officers posted in Santali speaking areas in Bihar for administrative purposes/reason
vii). The reowned Vishwa Bharti University i.e. Santiniketan has been imparting education in Santali language for the last 24 years or so.
viii). The Universities of Jharkhand and Bihar, namely Ranchi University, Ranchi, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh, Sidu Kanhu University Dumka, and Baba Tilka Majhi University, Bhagalpur are conducting examinations of Santali language/literature in the Post-Graduate level.
ix). Santali literature is written in Roman, Devnagari, Bengali, Oriya and its own Ol Chiki scripts in with out number. Ol Chiki is now gaining popularity day and night. Its DTP solution and computer application has been developed by the Chaichampa Sahitya Academy, Bhubneshwar in 1996, Santali-Japanese joint Research Project, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies developed auto-machine transcription of different Indian language scripts i.,e., Devanagri, Bengali, Oriya, Roman, Kannada, Telgu, Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Roman etc into Ol Chiki script and reverse of it in 1998.