Teaching Santal children by Boro Baski
Though India is hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, our small cluster of two Adivasi villages in West Bengal has not suffered infections yet. We do feel the economic impacts …
ePaper | Writing and teaching Santali in different alphabets: A success story calling for a stronger sense of self-confidence – West Bengal
Santali is one of India’s many Adivasi languages. Today, seven different alphabets are used to write in it. Some argue that this great variety does not help the community’s development. …
Infusing the Santhali Element in Schooling by Rina Mukherji
[…] “Santhal children are compelled to leave behind the culture they grew up in , whenever they go in for modern education and learning the rudiments of the three r’s. …
Video | Santali video album “Ale Ato” (Our Village, Part 1 of 2) – West Bengal
“Ale Ato” (Our Village) is a DVD production released on 27th June 2015 at a grand function of ‘Hul’ festival in Dhansara village near Santiniketan. | Duration (Part 1 of 2): …
Methods of education that create enthusiasm for learning and reduce the school dropout rate: A success story – West Bengal
Challenges The issues in tribal education are the conflict between the state’s policy of assimilating minorities into the mainstream culture and the tribal people’s reluctance to abandon and insistence on …
RSV School & Museum of Santal Culture
The non-formal Santal school Rolf Schoembs Vidyashram (RSV) was established in 1996. It has educated children of several Santal villages in Birbhum District by using a pioneering and model method …
The Importance of a Community Museum: Its Role in the Education and the Development of the Santals – West Bengal
A museum can be a motivation for the community to move forward towards modernity without abandoning one’s Santal mentality – Boro Baski (concept note for the National Seminar on 8th December, …
Report of the Silver Jubilee Celebration of Adibasi Baha Parab and a two day international conference on ‘Tribes in Transition’ – West Bengal
The second day of the conference was held at RSV at Ghosaldanga. There were three sessions here, first on ‘Tribal Healthcare and Community Development’. The speakers were Dr. Shantidani Minz, …