EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION AND ITS IMPACT ON OUT-OF-SCHOOL STUDENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH

Abstract

This study examined the inclusive properties of school interactional milieu shape social identity and school participation of tribal children. Education is one of the essential requirements for Man making nation building. Education imports knowledge, skill, and character. Recognizing that education provides opportunities for permant change in the Soico- Economic status of the tribal people. The tribal population in India 8.1 % of whole population second largest tribal group after Africa. Tamil Nadu has 7.21 lakh tribal populations as per 2011 census which constitutes 1.10% of the total population. The Literacy level of Scheduled Tribe is very low compared to the general Literacy rate. In present focus on Nilgiri tribal people viz Kattunaickan, Paniyas. The Nilgiris is one of the smallest district of Tamil Nadu. According to 2011 census Nilgiri tribal population is 32,813 in six tribal groups name like a Todas, Kotas, Irulas, Kurumbas, Kattunickan, and Paniyas, they called PVTGs groups Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group. The present paper made on attempt to analyze the problem in the field of tribal children education and suggest measure for the development of education among the tribal in Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu state in India. Using ethnographic approach, the data were collected using in-Participant observation, depth interviews, in a purposively selected 100 samples from Nilgiri district in Tamil Nadu.