SC/ST EDUCATION

DHENKANAL DISTRICT

 

INTRODUCTION

    Dhenkanal  district is situated on the Cuttack Sambalpur Road( NH 42) and the Cuttack Sambalpur S.E.Railway line. It is bounded by the Keonjhar District in north, Cuttack district in south, Jajpur in the east and Angul in the west

The district holds 4452 sq km of area. The district has a longitude of 85º 58' to 86º 2' east and latitude of 20º 29' to 21º 11' north.

Total population of this district as per 1991 census was 9,47,870 which has been increased by 12.46 percent in 2001census ( provisional ). As per 2001 census total population of this district is 10,65,983 (provisional). The population density of the district is 239 persons per sq km and the literacy rate is quite high as well.

 

Language

Dhenkanal is a homeland for the aborigines. Their  life itself is a legato, which fills their life with joy. The tribes like the Juangas, the Santals, the Malhars, the Sabaras, are prominent among nine aboriginal tribes dwelling in different parts of the district from time immemorial with a distinct pattern of living & colourful backdrop of culture. The major language spoken in the district  is  Oriya.

Literacy Rate

The overall literacy rate of the district Dhenkanal  is  68.62  where as the overall SC literacy rate is 15.2 and the overall  literacy  for ST population is 10.98. The below tables shows the details of literacy position.

Literacy rate of SC and ST population by sex of Dhenkanal District

 

Sl.No.

Block/Municipal Zone

Literacy Rate

All communities

SC

ST

Minority

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

1

BHUBAN

81.09

59.02

70.06

18.65

12.39

15.52

12.97

9.44

11.21

52.21

41.27

46.74

2

DHENKANAL SADAR

84.45

65.23

74.84

19.42

13.7

16.56

13.51

10.44

11.97

53.59

46.98

50.285

3

GONDIA

79.24

57.62

68.43

18.23

12.1

15.16

12.68

9.22

10.95

50.69

47.92

49.305

4

HINDOL

78.71

53.59

66.15

18.1

11.25

14.68

12.59

8.57

10.58

49.26

48.67

48.965

5

KAMAKHYANAGAR

78.69

53.64

66.17

18.1

11.26

14.68

12.59

8.58

10.59

52.55

51.59

52.07

6

KANKADAHAD

72.26

51.12

61.69

16.62

10.74

13.68

11.56

8.18

9.87

46.23

45.26

45.745

7

ODAPADA

75.82

66.45

71.14

17.44

13.95

15.7

12.13

10.63

11.38

54.25

52.23

53.24

8

PARJANG

83.74

57.27

70.51

19.26

12.03

15.64

13.4

9.16

11.28

51.35

50.6

50.975

 

Total

79.25

57.99

68.62

18.23

12.18

15.2

12.68

9.28

10.98

51.26

48.065

49.662

Block wise SC/ST Population

 

Sl.No.

Name of the Block

No. of CRCs

No. of  GPs

% of SC population

% of ST population

% of Minority Population

1

Sadar

15

27

17.77

13.23

0.53

2

Odapada

17

25

20.13

6.68

0.05

3

Gondia

17

27

15.96

19.55

0.42

4

Hindol

17

36

21.66

5.11

0.15

5

Kamakhyanagar

16

20

21.42

14.48

0.33

6

Parjang

17

26

21.13

7.84

0.1

7

Bhuban

16

17

19.70

7.39

0.07

8

Kankadahad

17

21

12.42

37.96

0.02

Total

8 Blocks

132

199

 

 

 

 

Issues and  Problems  in the district in context of  Sc/ST Education

 

One of the main objective of Sarva Sikshya Abhiyan is to reduce social gap, that is, bridging the gap between the general children and children belonging to the SC/ST community. In Dhenkanal, the Socio-economic condition of these people is very poor. In tribal areas, on the one hand the enrolment ratio of children is very low, while on the other hand the dropout rate continues to be very high at primary levels of education.

The root cause of dropout is the prevailing illiteracy and ignorance of parents. The other possible causes are i) non-stimulating social environment, ii) language difficulty, iii) reluctance of parents, iv) less education, v) unfair behavior of teachers, vi) discouraging school environment etc.

Though awareness about education has increased among the people of SC/ST community, but the habitual inhibition and family imperatives still thwart the attempts to send their children regularly to schools.

% of  SC/ST  enrollment  to Total Enrollment

Name of the Block

% of ST enrollment

% of SC enrollment

I-V

VI-VIII

I-V

VI-VIII

Boys

Girls

Total

Boys

Girls

Total

Boys

Girls

Total

Boys

Girls

Total

Kankadahad

 

50.94

51.18

51.06

39.82

37.65

38.80

11.48

11.53

11.50

14.49

13.63

14.09

Hindol

11.28

12.21

11.72

6.17

6.31

6.24

28.56

30.92

29.69

25.48

25.15

25.32

Kamakhynagar

23.78

25.33

24.53

21.73

16.98

19.44

25.28

26.93

26.08

24.23

25.87

25.02

Gondia

30.43

31.49

30.95

20.01

21.05

20.53

19.51

20.19

19.84

18.76

18.99

18.87

Bhuban

14.03

15.33

14.65

12.53

12.73

12.63

22.87

24.99

23.88

23.36

22.11

22.74

Parjang

14.73

15.95

15.31

9.53

7.54

8.57

22.63

24.50

23.53

20.37

18.19

19.32
                           

 

 Activity conducted in 2008-09

                                                                          For the academic year 2008-09  four blocks that  are kankdahad, Hindol, kamakyanagar  and Gondia are   selected for srujan.   The blocks were selected on the basis of   % of SC/ST population, No. of out of  School,  % of literacy rate among Sc, St population.

DRG ORIENTATION

A two days orientation programme of DRG members was conducted   on 8th-9th August 2008 in DIET Dhenkanal.  BRCC, BRP, 3 active CRCC along with tribal leaders and educated youth from Kankadahad, Hindol, Kamakhyanagar, & Gondia  were present in the meeting. Sri Giridhari Hota  Ex. Principal, DIET,   Samabalpur   guided as Resource Person.

              

Sri Udaya Narayan Das, District Project Coordinator,    inaugurated the programme and emphasized upon the classroom implication and academic outcomes of  the activity Srujan and Rupantar. He advised each participant to understand the detail operational modalities of each activity properly and implement the programme in the field successfully.

             Sri  Giridhari Hota,  elaborately explained about the term “Attitude” and what is the impact of positive attitude upon a person  by citing  different  examples.  He discussed about   different types of story like cultural story, Listening Story,  Experience Story  and different  components of  a good  story.  Group discussion was made regarding Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat  to  Tribal Education.  Discussions was made about what are the good  qualities  and bad qualities of a teacher.  Interpretation of  Attitudinal assessment format  was made by dist. Sc/St education coordinator and discussion was made  about it. Emphasis was given upon  to use the indigenous knowledge in classroom transaction.

 

Interpretation of Attitudinal Assessment format in DRG Orientation

Total participants: 26

Sl No.

Language

Mathematics

Science

1.00-1.4(-ve)

0

1

3

1.5-1.9(Mod.-ve)

1

1

2

2.0-2.4(Mod.+ve )

8

1

6

2.5-3.0.(+ve )

14

23

15

 

The next day  dist Sc/St education coordinator  elaborately explained about the detail operational modalities of  different activities

of SRUJAN with help of a Power point presentation.  Emphasis was given   to include 15 out of  school students in  every child friendly activities.