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An approach to analyse need of the day in terms of  “Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe” and "Education system as a whole"

The first question that came to my mind was “Can nature of exclusion and discrimination can be solved only by providing more schools?”

Yes, by setting up more school we can see the improvements to gross enrollment ratios for SC and ST children and hence, non-availability of schools is, therefore, no longer the key impediment to educational access for marginalized communities, and the focus now needs to change.

As per the study by CREATE, Centre for International Education, Sussex School of Education, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QQ, UK. , Website: http://www.create-rpc.org

Few critical areas for further research are been identified to make Elementary Education In-Equity in India possible. These are as below:

• Comparative research between states: Compare systems of administration for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe education; compare the impacts of segregated versus integrated schools for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students; explore innovative government policies to understand their effectiveness and to help develop a set of best practices.

• Teacher professionalism: Studies of teacher education programs are needed to see the types of attitudes and messages which are taught to new and in-service teachers; student teachers and their backgrounds should be researched in order to identify their perspectives on marginalized groups, and especially Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; research should be carried out with teacher unions in order to examine their perspectives on Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe education; in addition, research should be carried out with the teaching workforce, looking at their  social backgrounds and attitudes, and identifying factors that lead to progressive attitudes among teachers.

• Qualitative and ethnographic research on school culture: This should include leadership and management studies, classroom climate, community attitudes towards SC and ST children, etc.

• Research that involves Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities and parents: For example, to assess the problems related to meaningful learning and effective transition from one grade to the next, and to develop a better understanding of the impacts of the existing school curriculum on SC and ST children.

I am personally thankful to “CREATE” for conducting such a study and making us realize that what we need to next.

Also, there is an urgent need to work on the improvement of our education system as a whole. We need to focus on some of the problems that are been identified after reviewing multiple articles and journals on Indian education and some most important are mentioned below:

Meanwhile, I would like to have your point of view on the same and your ideas to make Elementary Education In-Equity in India a Trend.

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