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PANJIM: Since the Centre and the State still do not have baseline rapid educational data of their tribal populations even after 63 years of the Republic and 52 years of Liberation respectively, the Centre has initiated a project ~ Baseline Rapid Educational Survey in 2012, under the aegis of the Indian Council of Social Science Research to collect this data. The project will be completed next year.
This data on adivasis will assist to structure adivasi specific packages or ‘a new road map’ on the educational front.
A six member team headed by Professor K M Metry, Dean, Social Sciences and Head of Department of Tribal Studies which is conducting the survey (for Karnataka and Goa) is in Goa and has started the project Friday. The pan-India project is headed by Professor S K Thorat.
On the basis of this survey, which is a novel project involving tribal parents, teachers who are working with children, educational curriculum and such details will be worked out for the vulnerable sections of society. The group has come from Karnataka to Goa.
“We started the Goa survey yesterday and we would be taking up three talukas in each district – including the district headquarters and 25 ST households and 10 non ST households in each village,” Dr K M Metry told media Saturday.
“The government of India is doing this survey since in future a specific educational package will be drafted for adivasis,” he said.
“Lot of tribal children are showing interest to go to school. This survey will give a fillip to the aspirations of these children,” Dr Malli Gandhi (member advisory committee) Faculty RIE, NCERT, Mysore said, adding that tribal parents too are making efforts to send their children to school despite hardships.
“We are concentrating on most vulnerable sections of society… and the study will concentrate on curricular issues, skill development and stress issues,” he said, declaring, “We want to make a new road map for them.”
