Tribal Education

Rupavath, Ramdas

doi:10.1177/0262728016638718

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“…As critically explained by Rupavath (2016: 208–209) in his recent work that the situation of tribal groups and other vulnerable people of India during the pre-British period is remained fully or partially isolated from others and remained largely backward, suffering from poverty, malnutrition, disease, exploitation, unemployment and ignorance to varying degrees. It is apt to state that during colonial period, there were three approaches or theories 2 which are broadly identified for the benefit of the tribal people by the then scholars or philanthropists.…”

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The Complexity of the “Tribal” Question in India: The Case of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

Kasi

2022

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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India is home to a large number of tribal or Adivasi communities. Particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) are one among them. The Indian state initiated several development programs in its affirmative action to benefit PVTGs. However, these initiatives have shown some effects on the ground, still a long way to go. After globalization, a lot of studies claim and argue that the state is slowly withdrawing from its agenda and encouraging multinational companies or corporations (MNCs) to take its role. The MNCs have started their operations by extracting resources without helping Adivasi communities. It led to large-scale protests by the tribal people and civil society organizations. The paper critically discusses development initiatives of the post-independent state to ameliorate the conditions of the PVTGs as part of their affirmative action policies. Furthermore, the paper draws inferences from secondary data sources collected from published and unpublished sources, documents, reports, and online sources.

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The Complexity of the “Tribal” Question in India: The Case of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

Kasi

2022

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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“…She found that one of the essential requirements of innate training at the arranging level is the reception of a double arrangement of organization. Rupavath (2016b) in his noteworthy scholarly work had claimed that there have been enormous number of governmental initiatives that are aimed and focussed at improving the standard and quality of life among the marginalized communities in India in which free and compulsory education for them is one of the brilliant initiatives. The author had cited that due to the larger implementation and scope of the central government schemes there has been immense increase in dropout among the Tribals in India which was claimed by the author as 70.9%.…”

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“…Consequently, both the groups lag far behind others, in terms of social and economic development. The Constitution of India had rightly recognised these two segments of the population as weaker sections of society, based on their socio-economic backwardness and the age-old social discrimination and physical isolation that they had been subjected to from time to time and at various levels of the life (Rupavath, 2016b). Indifferences, indiscrimination and social injustice has been there in most of the Indian societies whether they are dominant or not in their respective surroundings.…”

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Poverty and Education: Attainments and Challenges for Tribal Communities

Rupavath

2021

Contemporary Voice of Dalit

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Various educational policies and government initiatives at the national level in India have aimed at improving the literacy rate of the tribal communities. However, even after 73 years of independence, the literacy levels of the tribal people have not risen to the desired levels. On top, there is the issue of high dropout rates (Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Statistics Division, Government of India, 2013, Statistical Profile of Scheduled Tribes in India, https://tribal.nic.in/ST/StatisticalProfileofSTs2013.pdf ; 70.9%, according to a recent study) among the Tribals (Rupavath, 2016a, Review Pub Administration Management, 4, p. 183). In such a situation, it is important to find out why tribal communities are still lagging behind in the education sector. This study will deal with the various aspects of access to education for the tribal communities. It will also try to examine the linkage between poverty and education. This is considered important since literacy can mean much more than mere bookish knowledge. A literate person can be expected to have more awareness about matters of importance to him or her. On the employment front, a literate person can have wider livelihood options—and not be confined to pursue occupations which largely entail manual labour. At the same time, a literate person would know more about his or her legitimate entitlements and be in a better position to avail of these. It is one thing for the government to reserve vacancies for candidates belonging to the deprived sections of society. It is equally important for more persons hailing from these sections to know about these and utilize these. Education can be a means for such persons to optimally utilize the opportunities available to them. It is a proven fact that students learn better and retain more when they are active participants in the teaching–learning process. For the purpose of this study, two districts—Anantapur and Vishakhapatnam (in Andhra Pradesh), and Hyderabad district (in Telangana)—have been selected for a detailed examination. The study will include not only the availability of infrastructure but also participation of the tribal students in the classroom discussions. The study will utilize both purposive and random sampling methods.

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“…currently is holding a chair of Head at the Centre for Human Rights besides serving as a Professor in the Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad examines and studies the impact of the various centrally sponsored schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on the socio-economic status of the deprived tribal communities belonging to Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha that are aimed and targeted at the welfare of the tribal communities, besides fully exploring other initiatives launched by the central government like Public Distribution System (PDS) which in the contemporary era has evolved as a system to manage food scarcity and to distribute food grains at most affordable prices to each and every section in the society irrespective of any discrimination (Rupavath, 2016a(Rupavath, , 2020. Most of the essential and significant commodities that are highly crucial for human sustenance include food grains like rice, wheat, maise, sugar and other household items like kerosene etc.…”

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“…In this scholarly work, the author claims that the alleviation of the poverty particularly in rural areas has been one of the primary objectives that are significant for the development of the marginalised communities and sections of the society and further the author claims that the major theme of the entire rural poverty alleviation programme is to rejuvenate the economic and social life of rural areas (Rupavath, 2016a(Rupavath, , 2016b(Rupavath, , 2020. The author praises the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (NREGA) that guarantees 100 days of employment in a financial year to any rural household or worker to work for unskilled manual work.…”

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