Education among Khonds in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Education is the most important element in the development and realization of rights of human beings. Illiteracy leads to underdevelopment and non-utilization of natural resources to the best advantage of the Human beings. The investigator tried to study and analyze the impact of education of Khond tribe, which is one of the Primitive Tribal Groups in Visakhapatnam district. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled tribes are the most disadvantaged sections of the society and they lack education due to various reasons. The socio-economic status of these sections of society forced them to distance themselves from the education. Various Governmental Policies addressing these sections of Society could not achieve the desired results of education for them. The analysis also covered the areas of absenteeism, stagnation and wastage among the Khond children. The prime factor was noticed to be socio-economic conditions of the Khond Tribals.