Tribal Study Under District Primary Education Programme Project Report DSERT, Bangalore

Abstract

Tribal study, one of the component of District Primary Education Programme helps in the implementation of universalization of Primary education in a better manner by identifying the reasons for the educational backwardness of tribals and providing the necessary educational facilities for their upliftment. The study was conducted in two selected districts and this report has been prepared by collecting the data from all concerned to tribal study. Some repetitions may be noticed in the report as some common questions about availability of incentives, teaching learning problems and reasons for irregularity have been asked to all section of samples like teachers, parents, leaders and children. Some frank opinion have been given at the conclusion chapter only with the intention of highlighting the problems of the tribal and to facilitate them with better schemes. It was proposed to undertake a study in education of tribal children with particular reference to the tribal girl child under the District Primary Education Project. The main purpose of the study is to enhance the provisions already available in the various states with significant tribal population and also to introduce additional provisions for ensuring education of tribal children. The main focus is to find out the attitude of tribal parents tribal children of school going age, and the administrators of education institutions towards both availability of education opportunity as well as expectations from the educational system as a whole which helps the planners at district level to make more meaningful and direct interventions for ensuring quality education in tribal areas.