Education of the Tribal Children : Constraints and Strategies

Edited by D. Uma Devi and P. Adinarayana Reddy

Published by Sarup Book Pub, 2010

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Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 Profile of the Village 3 Status of the Schools in the sample Villages 4 Profile of the Sample 5 Functioning of the Schools 6 Opinions of the Stakeholders regarding Education of the tribal children 7 Utilization of the incentives 8 Problems of the tribal children in attending the school 9 Suggestions of the stakeholders 10 Summary and recommendations Bibliography Appendices IndexThe Scheduled Tribe population constitutes about 8 per cent to the total population They live in forests hills hillocks and naturally isolated areas which made them geographically isolated economically weak socially and educationally deprived and far away to enjoy the fruits of development programmes yet they are rich in cultural aspects and behaviorally simple and trustworthy Due to their isolated way of living traditions beliefs inaccessibility to modernization and developmental programmes etc are lagging behind in all spheres of life including education In order to develop them the Government has taken several initiatives through constitutional provisions implementation of the developmental and welfare programmes Furthermore the Government has launched several schemes and incentives for promoting education among the tribes and relaxed norms for establishing schools at their habitations In-spite of all these efforts it is found that literacy rate 4710 and educational participation is still low Hence there is a need to identify the specific problems and also the opinions of all the stakeholders in enrollment retention and transition in the formal stream of education The present book throws light on some of these problems and strategies to overcome the problemsThe book will be useful for the researchers students administrators and policymakers to pursue their work in the field of development of scheduled tribes with special reference to the formal education Jacket 220 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Education of the Tribal Children : Constraints and Strategies
• Publisher: Sarup Book Pub
• Publication Date: 2010
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included