India’s Tribal Schools Fail Their Most Vulnerable Students
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India’s Tribal Schools Fail Their Most Vulnerable Students

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 07, 2025 19:46 IST - 12 MINS READ Devi Singh Paharia, in his mid-50s, belongs to one of the three Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in the Santhal Parganas, Dumka district, Jharkhand. The Eklavya Model Residential Schools —a programme launched in 1997-98 by the Central government to provide quality education to Scheduled Tribe students in remote parts of the country from Class VI to XII—have been performing woefully, with high dropout rates among children from PVTGs. And those seats naturally fall vacant.” According to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, 1,35,357 students are enrolled in the Eklavya schools: 67,001 are boys and 68,356 girls. Data accessed under the Right to Information Act by The Hindu also revealed that the quota for children from PVTGs was nowhere near the 5 per cent allocated for them in the Eklavya schools. The vision of the much-critiqued policy is to achieve a 100 per cent gross enrolment rate till the secondary levels of education.

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India TV News  

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The Hindu  

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