Volume : II, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

Education of children among seasonally migrating tribes of Dangs district, Gujarat

J. Godwin Prem Singh, Wesley D Ebenezer

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Indigenous tribes are forest dwellers and depend on the forest for their livelihood. Over decades with development the government has tried to nationally integrate these tribes. Development has also had negative soicoeconomic effect on the tribes. In the present scenario education is indispensable for development of the tribes. Education determines their prosperity, success and security in life to cope with national integration (Tribe education in India, 2010). The paper looks at the education of these seasonally migrant tribes, with special reference to Dangs district, Gujarat. The researcher uses both primary and secondary data for analysis and used purposive sampling to collect primary data. The researcher focus on whether the government has succeeded in providing uniform education to their children. Apart from this, the researcher also focuses at challenges faced by these children in order to attain education. Also looks the ways in which these children cope with the challenges of seasonal migration of the Parents. The seasonal migrant tribes and their children need to be provided with proper child care and educational facilities for the children and be protected them from exploitation.

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J.Godwin Prem Singh, Wesley D Ebenezer Education of children among seasonally migrating tribes of Dangs district, Gujarat International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 2, Issue : 8 August 2013

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