A Sociological Study of Educational Status of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group Birhor Dr. Kujur Rashmi1,*, Dr. Kujur Nister2 1Assistant Professor, Govt. Pt. Shyamacharan Shukla College, Dharsiwa, Raipur (C.G.) 2Associate Professor, SOS. in Sociology and Social work, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India-492010 *Corresponding Author Email: rashmikujur50@gmail.com
Online published on 30 January, 2019. Abstract Education is learning, knowing and exploring, it bring individuals life from darkness to the light of the knowledge. Therefore education plays an essential and important role for the development of every society and nation. Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (earlier known as Primitive Tribal Groups), that are characterized as: A pre-agriculture level of technology; a stagnant or declining population, extremely low literacy; and a subsistence level of economy. The studying tribe is also belongs to PVTG group and poses similar characteristics, the educational status of Birhor is very poor and their traditional beliefs and way of living are some important factors which affect their educational status. Top Keywords Education, PVTG, Birhor, Occupation. Top |