The tribal hamlets in Palnadu present many challenges, including access to potable drinking water, and irrigation facilities, and a lack of access to quality education and health care.
The high rate of dropouts in primary and secondary schools has emerged as a major area of concern in the region known for its backwardness and low literacy rate prompting many organisations to focus on awareness campaigns in villages.
Most children are forced to drop out from schools and work along with their parents in the chilli and cotton fields and it becomes difficult for them to focus on studies as the harvesting season during January - April coincides with their annual examinations.
