Educational Status of Denotified Tribes in Andhra Pradesh:Attainments and Challenges

Education of children of the Denotified Communities (here after DNTs) is a very important concern of our government. Although schools were provided in their colonies, attendance was made compulsory for the children of school-going age, the expenses on education were met by the governments, children were fed, yet desirable results have not been achieved in the standard of education. The educational problems concerning these DNT children should be tackled by the apex educational organisations as a part of their extension programmes. It is with this background that it has been decided to study the educational pattern available to these DNT children with a view to improving the achievement levels of DNT children in the present settlement schools. The aims and objectives of the paper are to focus and examine to what extent education has reached among the DNT communities in ex-settlement schools in Andhra Pradesh and to suggest ways and means to improve the quality of education imparted to the children of the Denotified Tribe/Communities in Andhra Pradesh.