IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS AND CURRENT CHALLENGING ISSUES OF TRIBAL EDUCATION IN ODISHA

The objective of the paper is to analyse the status of tribal education with literacy rate, comparison of literacy rate among STs and all Social groups during the period from1961 to 2011 and the existing gap. Also in the same time the paper tried to highlight the current challenges of most disadvantaged group in the most rural and tribal pocket of Odisha in particular reference to the education sector. Here the researcher also tried to highlight some influential steps taken by state and central govt. of India to minimise the gap and tried to solve the ongoing problems, the step like residential schools are taken in to consideration in this particular paper amongst many steps implemented by govt. The analysis is based on secondary data of Census of India, 2011 and different reports of govt. and non govt. organisations along with own observation in this field as a researcher. To justify above objectives three research questions are framed with correlating the present thrust or objectives of the paper. The researcher found that