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Literacy Status of Scheduled Caste Community in West Bengal

Journal: International Journal of English, Literature and Social Science (Vol.9, No. 3)

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Page : 178-194

Keywords : Literacy Status; Scheduled Caste (SC); Sub-castes of Scheduled Caste;

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Abstract

The Scheduled Castes (SC) are among the most socially and educationally disadvantaged groups in West Bengal. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the literacy status of Scheduled Caste and various sub-castes of Scheduled Caste community in West Bengal. The paper also reviews the current literacy status and literacy growth pattern of Scheduled Caste and various sub-castes. The paper highlights district-wise current literacy status and literacy trends among Scheduled caste in West Bengal. Also, highlights the sub-castes wise current literacy status and literacy growth pattern among Scheduled caste. The paper briefly analyses districts wise and sub-castes wise current literacy status and literacy growth pattern among scheduled caste in West Bengal. The researcher concludes that districts wise and sub-castes wise literacy growth rate is consistently increase and the Government needs to pay more attention to those districts and sub-castes where the literacy rate is relatively low among scheduled castes in West Bengal.

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