Measures to Curb Drop out Rate of St Students

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has taken various measures during last one year to address the issue of dropout. These includes, development of Bilingual Primers containing text both in regional and tribal language but in local official script through Tribal Research Institutes and Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, content of the primers in the Tribal Cultural context, school vacation to be in synchronization with major tribal festivals, construction of Girls toilets: to check girl drop out; physical safety; sanitation issues, vocational training integrated with residential schools - to make education more useful for livelihood, and perceived as relevant and valuable and residential schools (200-300 students capacity) in block headquarters for quality education and physical safety including in LWE affected areas.