ShodhPatra: International Journal of Science and Humanities

Exploring Gender Dynamics and challenges in the Educational Participation among Tribal Community of West Bengal

Education is one of the important factors that leads to the development of the society. Education will immediately lead to nation-building if every member of society has access to it. Education is crucial for a society’s socioeconomic progress. A person’s level of education and career are important factors in determining how they will live their lives. After the discovery of the importance of education for all, Inclusive education has been introduced to educate the students with diverse need, culture and language under one roof as a result of which students may learn national and international integration and equality will be maintained in the society. National Education Policy 2020 also describes about need of the upliftment of the backward classes (ST, SC, OBC, Women, third gender etc.) who are deprived from their educational right. An effort has been made through this paper to highlight challenges and issues pertaining in the path of education of the Tribal Women in West Bengal. The study is based on secondary data like review of previous researches, books, and researcher has also used the data from Tribal Development Department and Ministry of Tribal Affairs to find out the educational schemes for spreading education among the Scheduled Tribe people, especially women in the state. 2001 and 2011 census data have been used to identify the disparity in the literacy status of tribal men and women. KEY WORDS: gender dynamics, tribal populations, empowerment, education