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Kerala
Study reveals plight of marginalised sections
indianexpress Express News Service , The New Indian Express
Posted on Sep 15, 2011 at 01:23pm IST
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Forget government statistics, large sections of
the state's marginalised people belonging to tribal, fisherfolk and
dalit communities lack adequate schooling, housing or medical
facilities, says a study.
�'Lessons in Discrimination in Development,' a study conducted by
RIGHTS which was released here on Wednesday says only 46 per cent
dalits, 34.47 percent of tribals and 69 percent of fisherfolk have
schools within a kilometre of their home. And not just that, 60
percent of people belong to the marginalised communities surveyed say
they are unable to admit their children in schools they prefer.
Reasons being exorbitant fee/donation demanded by the schools, poor
educational status of the parents and the fact that many of the good
schools offer English as medium.
�The study covered 2,714 tribal, fisherfolk and dalit families and
4,289 children from these families in 30 panchayats across all 14
districts. The study looked at availability of schools, attrition of
students, uneconomic schools, pre-schooling, and services offered by
PHCs and ICDS centres.
�Sixty per cent of the dalits in Kerala are confined to 25,906
colonies while 92 per cent of tribals live in 4,645 colonies. Majority
of the fisherfolk also live in colony-like environments, says the
study.
ATTRITION: Attrition among dalit and tribal students is two and four
per cent respectively. 21.23 percent of dalit children, 21.36 percent
of tribal children and 20.29 percent of children from fishing
communities are outside the state's school system, according to the
study.
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