Research Article
The International Journal of Indian Psychology
ISSN 2348-5396 (e) | ISSN: 2349-3429 (p)
Volume 4, Issue 3, DIP: 18.01.156/20170403
DOI: 10.25215/0403.156
http://www.ijip.in | April - June, 2017
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Barriers of Education in Kharwar Tribes
Dr. Aparna Vajpayee
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ABSTRACT
It has been reflected from the data of number of educational statistics of literacy rate, that the
literacy rate of Kharwar tribe is very poor. Mostly children are not taking admission in
school. Some who take admission among them, dropout rate is very high. In the present
study a survey have been done to identify the reason because of which children are not
admitted in school. One more effort was made to identify the reason of dropout from the
school. Lastly, the focus was on the policy implication strategy is discussed to enhance the
literacy rate by removing the barriers in education.
Keywords: Education, Kharwar Tribes, Barriers
India is the prehistoric ground of wisdom and it is the land which has considered the
education as a most efficacious potent for attaining the salvation. According to Bhagawat
Geeta, man is a creature who thinks. Manushaya (man) is a being with manas (mind); and if
his thinking power is not attained it became no better than animals. Therefore, we all are in
journey of shaping our own destiny in order to animate the growth, in which intellect is a
great indeed. In earlier days an optimal development of children was almost taken for granted
in the family and the community in which they were born. With the expansion of school in
the community it has been considered as a responsibility of the state to educate the child. Our
country is predominantly divided into diverse regions with its unique features and problems.
Still, there is big proportion of people living in absolute poverty, which is more than being
poor. On the other hand, growth as symbolized by an increase in income had lost its glory for
“capability improvement”. The lack of effective voice for poor and institutional and political
tendencies to tilt the benefits of reform programs in favor of those better able to protect their
benefits are the some ontological fact of the policy- transformation.
Tribal children, similar to several other marginalized groups of children in India, are
spellbound in an intergenerational vicious cycle of poverty, literacy and deprivation. This is
evident in extremely poor adult literacy rates which are produced as low education levels
among the children from ST communities. The growth of official education amongst the
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Professor of Psychology& Management, Adamas University, Adamas Knowledge City, Kolkata, West Begal,
India
*Responding Author
Received: May 14, 2017; Revision Received: June 23, 2017; Accepted: June 30, 2017