Musahar kids turn school-goers
Last Updated : 2010-01-15 12:36 PM
The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s)
Govinda Chhetri
JHAPA: People of Musahar community, enlisted as Dalits have started
education campaign in their communities. Realising that their
backwardness was due to lack of education, parents have taken
initiation to send their kids to schools.
Chandreswor Sada, central chairperson, Musahar Utthan Society-Nepal,
said, "We have started sustainable education campaign in our
community."
He added, "We were humiliated as the media also highlighted our
community as a mice collecting community.'' He claimed that the media
can now see their children in schools.
About the campaign, Sada said, "We have a policy of boycotting parents
from the society if they do not send their kids to school.'' Balaram
Sada, eastern regional coordinator of the community, said that each
village will have a chief to see whether the guardians send their
children to school or not. Sada added, "There is no Musahar
representative in the Constituent Assembly but we
hope that the new statue would also be
in our favour."
The total population of the Musahars is around 10,000 in the district.
According to the earlier census, the Musahars inhabit some 18
districts of the country. Likewise, a national report puts the total
population of Musahar at 178,300. However, the community claims that
their population is above a million.
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