IMPACT OF EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY ON CHANGING SCENARIO OF OCCUPATION AND LIVELIHOOD IN PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE SANTAL TRIBE IN JAMDA BLOCK OF MAYURBHANJ DISTRICT

The aim of the present study is to explore the current impact of education and modern technology on the ongoing changing pattern of occupation and livelihood of Santals resides in Jamda block of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha, in the same time the researcher tried to explore the current change of their educational scenario in tribal areas of the particular sample area. To gain an in-depth understanding of the topic, descriptive survey type of research design employed with 50 households from Jamda block were divided into two groups i.e. 25 female and 25 male households. Two groups were interviewed with one set of schedule to study their perception regarding their changing pattern of education current livelihoods. To justify the title of the topic we framed two objectives along with same number of research questions. The findings of the study were that: For improving the livelihood condition of the tribals, there is need to first improve the production and productivity of their agriculture –both settled and shifting. This can be done by providing them with improved agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizers and agricultural implements and improvement in agrarian technology and practices. Their income can also be increased by restoration of the land alienated from them and by increasing the productivity of forests by plantation of degraded forest, facilitating the tribes in collection of such products and by ensuring them a proper return for such product by organizing their marketing.