Tribals education in Bhoksa Tribe of India: Status, challenges and issues

Abstract

India has been rightly described as a ‘melting pot’ of race & tribes. The aboriginal tribes of India are the oldest inhabitants of the country, for millennia tribal societies have been subjugated by more recently arrived groups, their land was taken away, they were pushed further into the hilly gorges & wilds and also assimilated into the dominant caste & culture of the country. Chronic indebtedness has been, and is still, probably the most difficult problem facing almost the entire tribal population of India. Reliable ethnographic evidence proved that the tribal people were handicapped in their struggle to live carefree life when their place ofhabitation was isolated and divided between middle man and contractors, except that there were many other problems such as the problem of safe drinking water, loss of their rights over land andforests, poor and primitive mode ofagriculture resulting in deficit supply of food grain and no other programmes for their economic development and health facilities. The major problem faced by tribals is the lack of education andfacilities provided by the government. Most tribals are illiterate and have no idea how they can use their fundamental rights provided by India's constitution. In this paper, an attempt has been made on tribal problems in India but the main focus is on the problem of education of tribal people, and the lack of resources & equipment. It also includes the role performed by NGOs and other Programmers recommended by Government.