As many as 30 children from the Cholanaikkan community, a particularly vulnerable tribal group residing deep in the Nilambur forests in Malappuram, will soon start attending classes without leaving familiar surroundings.
The children, including 13 who have never been to school, are the first beneficiaries of a pilot project taken up by the Samagra Siksha Kerala (SSK) to provide habitat-based education for children from marginalised communities.
Named ‘Padhanaveedu’, the project is expected to prepare the children for continuing education at model residential schools at a later stage.
