“India is seen as an emerging major player in the global economy, but this progress has not yet reached the country’s tribal people. They comprise eight percent of the population.” – Santal educationist Boro Baski in “Long-term success of non-formal Adivasi school in West Bengal”(Development and Cooperation 7-8/2009)
https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/long-term-success-non-formal-adivasi-school-west-bengal
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=2274
Alison Gee BBC World Service [Magazine], BBC 25 April 2014 | Read the full report >> Five years ago, an Indian schoolboy struck up an unlikely friendship with a retired teacher in London – and with her help he is now studying to be a doctor. Even though they live thousands of miles apart and have never … Read more
To read the full report, click here >> Times of India, TNN | Feb 13, 2014 PUNE: The future for most of the 780 surviving native Indian languages is bleak if they continue to be neglected, linguist Ganesh Devy said on Wednesday. Treating languages as a form of economic capital is the only way to retain … Read more
Educational researcher Dr. Sugata Mitra’s “Hole in the Wall” experiments have shown that, in the absence of supervision or formal teaching, children can teach themselves and each other, if they’re motivated by curiosity and peer interest. In 1999, Mitra and his colleagues dug a hole in a wall bordering an urban slum in New Delhi, … Read more
TRIBES IN TRANSITION:CONFLICT OVER IDENTITY, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT 12-13 March, 2014 at Visva-Bharati UniversitySantiniketan, West Bengal Organized by the Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,In collaboration with the Ghosaldanga Bishnubati Adibasi Trust, Santiniketan,&Funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi Concept note The State shall promote with special care the … Read more
To watch the film trailer and more information, click here >> ‘Have you seen the arana?’ wins the Golden Conch for Best Documentary in the National Competition at MIFF 2014.The award citation: “This film is elegant, patient, meditative, and subtle. The director gently moves her audience towardsa deep appreciation of the tribal, mythical connections between … Read more