Abstract The Issue of migration is a common phenomenon among the katkari tribes of Konkan Region, Maharashtra. The migration mostly occurs due to two major factors, First land alienation and Secondly on- availability of livelihood opportunities. The tribe migrates leave behind their origin habitat and move towards the more tough and adverse setting making their […]

Abstract As part of a Action Research project that aims to intervene in an Ashramshala context with specific focus on self concept of Adivasi children, through the usage of an Experimental Research Design, this article, which constitutes the first part of the research, discusses the intervention strategies and facilitator’s reflections in the said setting, located […]

Abstract This paper is an attempt to understand how labour has been historically operating within tea plantations of Assam. This has been done by looking at a plantation through the socio-economic lens in relation to the Plantation Labour Act, 1951. The paper goes on to argue that ‘plantation’ as a category is a colonial legacy […]

Abstract The Government of India’s Post-Matric Scholarship (GOI-PMS) has an extensive coverage when compared to all the schemes within the affirmative action framework. The GOI-PMS has not only enabled higher enrollment of backward community students into higher educational institutions, but also capacitated their potentialities as prospective workers in the job market. This has often had […]

Abstract The results of the Ambedkarite and other progressive movements have provided opportunities to the people from scheduled caste for new livelihood options and framework to live their life with dignity. However in the informal sector and rural regions, when compared to cities and the formal sector, the presence of caste and caste-based atrocities are […]

Abstract Annual report of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of the year 2012 titled as ‘Higher Education in India at a Glance’ has stated that ‘caste’ is still a prime hurdle for Disadvantaged Social Groups (DSGs) to access Higher Education (HE). Thus, it has adversely affected educational performance and future professional aspirations of youths over […]

Abstract It is pertinent that the present Government effort to evolve a framework of a new education policy which is relevant to our context and time, has to confront with the reality of inaccessibility and exclusion of tribal children from quality education observed in the remote tribal area schools. The real challenge for a contextually […]

Abstract Teaching has always been one of the most respected profession in the history of mankind. Role of teacher especially during primary and secondary education is vital in nurturing lives and personalities of individuals. This is the reason for which teaching as a profession is valued high in any community. Policy initiatives in past few […]

Abstract This paper discusses social pedagogy situated in the civil society context through models and conceptualisations and specifically with the lens of consciousness-raising praxis. Two styles are prominent: collective and reflexive, each with their own peculiarities. Further, this paper exhorts for a hybrid approach and model of social pedagogy, specifically when it comes to consciousness-raising […]

Introduction Constitutional yet partly Praxi Paradoxical’ Education in India is considered a matter of Right for every child (6-14 years), an intrinsic value of the Indian constitutions laid down as the Fundamental Rights. With the 86th amendment Act of 2002 specifically in article 21.a guaranteed “Free and Compulsory education” for all children between the ages […]