Category Archives: Multi-lingual education

The educational difficulties faced by tribals have been addressed through bilingual or multilingual programmes that start with education in the child’s mother tongue, then transit to the regional or state language, and finally progress to the study of English. This three-language formula, however, remains in an experimental stage, and its practice is limited to isolated pilot projects. […] There are 418 different tribes in India, with even more languages and dialects. Each group is also associated with a specific region through language, food habits, occupational characteristics and geography. To accommodate these diverse and culturally distinct communities with a single educational policy is a mammoth task, verging on the impossible. – Dr. Boro Baski (“Long-term success of non-formal Adivasi school in West Bengal” in: Development and Cooperation 7-8/2009)

The Dhodia community: Celebrating history and legends through songs and storytelling – Gujarat

Posted on 01/07/2019 by website administrator

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The Old Man and the Monkeys (Gamit) – A story from Gujarat

Posted on 04/06/2019 by website administrator

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The Gamit Adivasis: A community with its own stories of origin – Gujarat

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The Tale of a Mouse (Chaudhari) – A story from Gujarat

Posted on 14/05/2019 by website administrator

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Lending a voice to the nation’s indigenous population: Adivaani, a trust that publishes books written by Adivasis – Jharkhand and West Bengal

Posted on 21/04/2019 by website administrator

Garima Mishra, Indian Express New Delhi, Sat Apr 27 2013 | Read the full article >>“Why don’t we have an Adivasi voice?”, “Why don’t we have a ‘for and by’ Adivasi publishing house?”, “Where is the authentic Adivasi narrative?” These questions had … Continue reading →

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