Faculty of law

Jamia Millia Islamia

Seminar Course – I
Topic – Status of Tribal Education in India

Submitted by :
Devesh kumar shukla
B.A LL.B (Hons) Regular
Roll no. – 23

Submitted to :
Mr. Parag Chahal
Introduction:
Education is one of the essential requirements for man-making and nation
building. It is indispensible for development of human resources. Education
imparts knowledge, skills, and character. After independence, the governments
in India relied more on literacy mission emphasizing 3Rs (Reading, Writing and
Arithmetic) to fulfil the expectations of the Directive Principles of State Policy.
At the backdrop of the New Education Policy, likely to come up shortly, the
paper makes a critical attempt to appraise the statistics and status of the
education among Tribes across India.
Development should not be studied in isolation. Development is not
synonymous with the growth of a few affluent persons. As Amartya Sen (1999)
stated unless the capabilities among human beings are adequately _addressed
and deprivations faced by marginalized groups are overcome, development
cannot take place. In fact he stressed on the capabilities and human freedoms,
and this freedom can only be achieved when the people are guaranteed political
freedom, economic facilities, social opportunities, transparency, and security.
Although these conditions are different from one another, they are all inter-
connected.
Scheduled Tribes :
 President under Article 342 is empowered to declare communities as
scheduled tribes. While Parliament by law can amend the list.
 According to Census 2011, tribes constitutes 8.6% of our total
population and out of which only 58.96% are literate.

In the light of above observations, the paper critically sets the following
objectives.

1. To study the complex variables responsible for lower level of education

among tribals;
2. To review the effectiveness of different educational programmes and their
impact on tribals, and
3. To assess the educational gaps and suggest suitable remedial measures for
improvement of their education.
Statement Of Problem

Most tribals faces a number of challenges which they need to overcome in

order to improve their status in society. The researcher intends to discuss here
the issues faced by tribal in particular. In persistent to many problems, these
are some of the most majorly known in day to day life of a tribal in tribal
areas:

1. Absence of any fix livelihood

2. Lack of access to education
3. Poor condition of health.

Literature Riview:

(1).The Tribal Education in India, Status, Challenges and Issues Published

in International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning , is
basically tries to give a conceptual frame work and understanding related to
tribal education in India scenario by the guide and researcher conducted study
with both primary and secondary sources of data. Suggestions and need based
education in the provision of Indian constitutions are drawn time to time in
order to strengthen the need based education specific to Tribal Education
system of India.

Research methodology :
The compilation of this assignment shall undertake only doctrinal research
method.
Doctrinal- The assignee shall be referring various books, magazines, journal,
articles, reports, published newspapers, etc. available on this subject. The
secondary data are in the form of Constitution of India, local State Acts, rules,
regulations and notifications issued from time to time.
Bibliography;

Primary Sources
1. Constitution of India

Secondary Sources
2 .Journals
i. International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning Vol.
3, Issue 6, pp: (96-102), Month: November – December 2016

ii. Educational Status among the Scheduled Tribes: Issues and Challenges ,
The NEHU Journal, Vol XIV, No. 2, July-December 2016, pp.69-85

3. Internet
i. https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-
quarterly/tribal-education-india
ii. https://www.drishtiias.com/daily-updates/daily-news-analysis/tribal-
education
iii. IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance (IOSR-JEF) e-ISSN: 2321-5933, p-ISSN:
2321-5925.Volume 3, Issue 2. Ver. II (Mar-Apr. 2014), PP 48-52
www.iosrjournals.org