Voice towards Education: A Study of the Educational Status of the Sabar Community

• Published in: International Journal of Social Science Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 39 - 45
• Main Author: Gope, laxmiram
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi New Delhi Publishers 25.06.2024
• Subjects: Access to education; Compulsory education; Cultural heritage; Culture; Curricula; Language; Literacy; Native North Americans; Schools; Teachers; West Bengal India; India
• ISSN: 2249-6637; 2321-5771
• DOI: 10.46852/2249-6637.02.2024.2

Sabar is a most backward tribal community of Bengal. Educationally they are deprived and marginalized. Through this study, itis reflected that their educational status is very low, and day to day they deviate from education. In Sabar society education is just a luxurious phenomenon, they think that education is not for them. So, in this perspective, they don't want to get education. They found a huge discrepancy between education and real-life situations. According to the Sabar community schooling became a burden it failed to sustain them. Hence this paper knows the current educational status of the Sabar community in the Purulia district and the researchers also find some important causes of the educational gap among the Sabar community and simultaneously give insight into possible methods of educating among the Sabar community. This study was conducted on 10 Sabar villages and data was collected through randomly selected survey methods about ten (10) Sabar villages (Para) like Akarbad, Maldhi, Kudha, Kashidhi, Bamni, Panchara, Shalbani, Kendapara, Shirkabad, and Dhumurdhi. 100 Sabar people (above 18 years old) are included in this study as a sample. The study significantly shows the educational status of the Sabar community in Purulia district.