Abstract
The study on educational system of the Santals of Mayurbhanj is an interesting aspect of the tribal education of Odisha in Eastern India. Santals are the the largest number of people among the total tribal population of Odisha. Education of the tribal communities /societies has helped in preservation of social structure and goal achievement. The Santals are largely residing in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. The development of education of the Santals of Mayurbhanj district is the main part of the tribal educational system of the state of Odisha. Odisha has possessed a distinct place in tribal history of India and it is the home of a number of different types of tribes. Different developmental programmes / schemes for education have been implemented through the Governments and Non Government agencies for the educational improvement of the tribal children of Odisha in general and Santal children in particular. On the basis of field study made by the earlier scholars including the present authors, the people of Santal tribe/society are mostly residing in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. In fact, most of the tribes of Odisha in Eastern India have no written languages, but in case of Santala tribe, it has a written language with a specific ‘Ol Chiki’ script for the use of its own people. The Santal children of Mayurbhanj district are more interested in modern education in comparison to other tribal children of Odisha. At present the educated people of Santal tribe of Mayurbhanj have been able to organize their socio-cultural associations for preservation of their traditional culture. The aim of this paper is to focus on educational system for the Santal children of Mayurbhanj district of Odisha along with to highlight their receptive minds for receiving modern education for their moral as well as physical developments for entry into the main stream of the present / modern society. Methodologically, both the primary and secondary sources have been carefully utilised in the present article
Highlights
Indian traditional educational system was the worldview of the tribal people
Most of the Santal young ladies don't want go for advanced education since they study advanced learning educational plan is troublesome, so this is smarter to remain at home to help family works
Through the ITDA of Baripada, Kaptipada, Karanjia, Rairanpur, different types of educational schemes of Governments are being introduced for the development of education among the Santal children of Mayurbhanj
Summary
Indian traditional educational system was the worldview of the tribal people. The legislative issues of positive separation inferred that people having a place with these gatherings were saved seats in instructive establishments and occupations in the public area. The explanation behind such sure separation was that the station framework had favored high position individuals to an unreasonable degree previously. To start with, this approach has been is www.psychologyandeducation.net as yet helpful to battle monetary abuse and persecution of ancestral individuals in India, second the affirmation of the class attributed to the gatherings concern the option to support a free culture, which is not the same as the dominant part. Any social element might be viewed as a development (Barth. 1969, Anderson,1989) on account of the Santals, the possibility of nativeness has assisted them with argueing their requests for social improvement and schooling
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