Education and Its Discontents: Investigating Barriers to Schooling among De-notified and Nomadic Communities

Kannabirān, Kalpana; Mishra, Satyasis; Vinayan, Soumya; Jafar, K

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“…The National Commission commissioned the survey for de-notified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes (NCDNT), which discovered that distances between schools and habitations were disproportionate to the Government of India’s regulations. As children advanced from primary to secondary school, the gap between them and their homes grew (Kannabiran et al, 2018).…”

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“…Only 61% of NT-DNT households in Maharashtra had voter IDs; Gosavi households (7.4%) and Chapparband households (10.5%) had a meagre share. Only 51% of households had Aadhaar cards (Kannabiran et al, 2018). Historically, entertainment communities that visit villages have been looked upon with suspicion, so the absence of legal documents makes it more difficult.…”

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Critical Review of National Education Policy 2020 Concerning Nomadic Tribes and De-notified Tribes

Jadhav,

Narayan

2023

Journal of Social Inclusion Studies

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Education is a primary tool for any community to uplift itself from the vicious cycle of poverty, illiteracy and unemployment. Nomadic tribes and de-notified tribes (NT–DNT) groups have been victims of the draconian colonial Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) of 1871, which was repealed in 1952, replacing another version of the CTA with the Habitual Offenders Act (HOA). Several commissions and committees attempted to address the issue of NT–DNT over the decades. Most of their recommendations have yet to be implemented, including a proper census to track their socio-economic profile. With this background, National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 plays a vital role in deciding the future of the education of marginalised students in India. This article examines the possible outcome of NEP 2020 on the educational status of NT–DNT groups and if specific attention has been provided to address the question of NT–DNT education. This study plans to understand the issues NT–DNT communities face regarding their fundamental education rights. Despite policies and legislatures focused on compulsory education, NT–DNT students find it challenging to achieve even a basic level of educational attainment. A review of previous studies reflects that NT–DNT students face several barriers like discrimination, lack of care and protection, language barriers and so on. They experience the stigma of criminality, difficulty in representation, accessibility to education and availing of fundamental rights assured to them by the Indian Constitution. NEP 2020 has clubbed all the marginalised population groups into a single category. It will make it even more difficult for students of NT–DNT groups to represent themselves.

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Section: Accessibility To Educationmentioning

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Critical Review of National Education Policy 2020 Concerning Nomadic Tribes and De-notified Tribes

Jadhav,

Narayan

2023

Journal of Social Inclusion Studies

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“…This is because Kangra was part of the Punjab, an area that British administrators considered uninhabited by tribals. Several Punjabi castes were notified as Criminal Tribes, a broad and contradictory terminology which enforced mandatory government registration, weekly visits to local police and travel restrictions (Kannabarin et al, 2018, p. 81). When the label of criminality was removed in 1952, these Denotified Tribes (DNT; Vimukt Jātiyān ) in Punjab became general castes (Singh, 2010).…”

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‘Scheduled Tribe Dalit’ and the Recognition of Tribal Casteism

Christopher

2020

Journal of Social Inclusion Studies

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While the term ‘tribalism’ in the West draws from outmoded anthropological theory to describe the hardening of partisan group boundaries, in Himachal Pradesh it describes the contested recognition of caste heterogeneity within Scheduled Tribes (ST). Based on 15 months of fieldwork among Gaddis, this article seeks to understand the intersectionality of low-caste groups embedded within tribal formations, partially assimilated, unevenly accepted and without legal protections afforded to other marginalised communities. I argue that recognising tribal casteism is the first step to theorise tribal multiculturalism and the ever-contested broadening of communal boundaries. By tracking the discourse of ‘Scheduled Tribe Dalit’ (STD) in the Western Himalayas, this article analyses the looping effect between emic belonging and the role of state ethnology in incentivising difference.

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Marginal communities and livelihoods: San communities’ failed transition to a modern economy in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe

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Moyo

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Development Southern Africa

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Education and Its Discontents: Investigating Barriers to Schooling among De-notified and Nomadic Communities

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Critical Review of National Education Policy 2020 Concerning Nomadic Tribes and De-notified Tribes

Critical Review of National Education Policy 2020 Concerning Nomadic Tribes and De-notified Tribes

‘Scheduled Tribe Dalit’ and the Recognition of Tribal Casteism

Marginal communities and livelihoods: San communities’ failed transition to a modern economy in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe

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