Present Status of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Children’S School Participation and Available Schemes In India
A study on school participation of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes children and available schemes in India
by Dinesh Babu*,
- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540
Volume 4, Issue No. 7, Jul 2012, Pages 0 - 0 (0)
Published by: Ignited Minds Journals
ABSTRACT
The investigation of present enrolment, drop out andattendance trends for scheduled caste and scheduled tribes children is preventedby absence of complete and similar statistical data. The major sources whichhave been acquired are the Census, HRD Statistical Publications of theMinistry, Commissioner Reports, the NSSO and Commission for scheduled castesand scheduled tribes (Nambissan, Geetha, 2000; Sujatha, 1987, 1994, 1996, 2002;Aggarwal Yash & Sibou, Sarika, 1994; Chatterjee, 2000). The literacysituation offers a rough indication of overall progress of education as well asserves as an index of past opportunity of education. The below table shows thegains of literacy during 1991-2001 among different categories of demography:
KEYWORD
scheduled caste, scheduled tribes, school participation, enrolment, drop out, attendance trends, statistical data, Census, HRD Statistical Publications, Commissioner Reports, NSSO, Commission for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, literacy situation, overall progress of education, past opportunity of education, gains of literacy, demography
