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When Children run from the School. . .

Now it's time to revise our education policy because when pupils run out of the school there is something wrong with the entire system. This is the story of the four students who ran from the school from Nandurbar to Dhadgaon which is published in "Lokmat". They were travelling by road but on their feet. They decided to run off the Ashram school to their home covering the distance of near about 125 km on their own feet. They did't had money to pay as fare of the bus. On the way, the people of a village called "lahan Shahade" inquired about them. They could'nt even speak or understand Marathi language. They even could'nt tell the name of their school. The gentlemen called the police and handed the children over to them. What made me to strike is why the parents send their children to the school where their children are not safe. But I am also a teacher and I work in this district that's why I know the economical condition of the parents and the ve...

The Father of Tribal Education in Satpuda

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“Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.” It is well said by William Haley. In Satpuda Ranges people were afraid of the people wearing trousers and shirts. During the British rule tribal were exploited too much. The Adivasi leader and Social worker, Mr. Janardan Poharya Valvi has seen his father carrying a British officer on his shoulders like a horse and was being beaten with a whip. At that very moment he decided that he will not tolerate this. He decided to learn and make his people educated. In his house nobody was ready to send him in the school. But he himself left the home taking blessings of his Mother. When he came at Taloda the superitendent of the boarding demanded 100 Rs as security deposit because the pupils from Satpuda used to run away from the boarding. He assured the superitendent but he wouldnot liste...