Education among tribals of Gujarat

Abstract

The tribal population in Gujarat State is 14.76 percent, but the beneficiaries of primary education is 17.10%, and the beneficiaries of secondary education is 12.53%, classified them further, in Arts stream it is 14.68%, in commerce stream it is 3.07 percent and in Science stream it is 7.20 percent, and in vocational courses it is 10.85%. In higher education, the percentage is hardly 1.00 percent. Education can cure exploitation, curb superstition, bring awareness etc. There fore, several movements have taken place in tribal areas to get one self if educated. Some of the agitators were Motilal Tejavat, Birsa Munda etc. But the poverty doesnot allow one to get educated. Poverty is a great pollution. Literacy is just another side of a coin. The great number of people are living below poverty line; stay in easternstrip. Therefore, the eastern strip has become a poverty strip and an illiteracy strip. There are many constraints for education among tribals. They are :