A survey of 1,458 families belonging to four nomadic tribe communities spread across eight districts of Tamil Nadu has revealed that the communities significantly lacked access to education and government schemes.
The results of the survey by Vanavil Trust show that 27% of the children in these families were not enrolled in schools. Of the remaining, 53% reported facing discrimination in their schools by classmates and teachers, which in turn led to many children dropping out before finishing Class 12.
Of these 1,458 families, 1,118 had no one in their families who had completed Class 10, 1,275 had no one who had completed Class 12, and 1,378 had no graduates. A total of 807 families said that they either lacked access to schools or faced discrimination. Similarly, 713 households said that they did not have access to higher education institutions.
