Education Among Vadderas: A Case Study in the Village of Katepalli

Abstract

Education is the most important tool for the holistic development of Human beings. The sophisticated and comfortable life we are leading today is the result of the knowledge we have acquired from many generations. The founding fathers of our country developed many policies to increase the accessibility of education to the poorest of the poor. The five-year plan also gave utmost importance to it. Through the policies and plans, our country progressed significantly in terms of education. Yet, many distortions within the system need to be rectified to attend to the growing demand to access education.

One such demand is to enhance the education rate among the tribes, especially the de-notified tribes. The de-notified tribes had always been underprivileged in terms of progress. Many of them are migratory which serves as an important cause for lack of education among them. Even after 75 years of independence, the progress in terms of education is low because of which they are still present below the poverty line. The paper talks about the education rate among the Vadderas of Katepalli village who are a de-notified tribe.