Dalit Education
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....such deprivation was primarily perpetrated through the Gurukul system of
education, which India followed until the advent of modern education, and under
which, only a Brahmin could be a teacher, whereas caste laws prohibited any
contact of the Dalits with Brahmins, ensuring their exclusion:
“Let him not stay together with outcasts, nor with
Kandalas, nor with Pukkasas, nor with fools, nor with
overbearing men, nor with low-caste men, nor with
Antyavasayins.”
At the same time, by being outcastes, they also could not access learning of
occupational skills, such as those that the Sudras were permitted.
Because of such exclusion, the Dalits were deprived of formal learning and
education throughout their history until modern times and they first received
education only during the colonial period.
In independent India, the Indian Constitution provided for making elementary
education free and compulsory for all children aged 6 – 14 years. Thereafter,
government education became more widely available to the Dalits, through
literacy drives and other measures.
The National Education Policy, 1986, reaffirmed this directive and the effort was
continued. In addition, 15 States and 4 UTs passed legislation making primary
education compulsory.
Added to this, the government introduced quotas for them in higher education.
This is over and above the education that the thousands of Christian institutions,
besides other non-governmental entities, provide for them... more .. Read the rest in the book...DOWNLOAD NOW FROM HOMEPAGE
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6. Uneducated Because Of Historical Wrongs
-Historically Excluded
-Present Day Impediments To Education
-Core Need, Aspiration And Evangelical Effort
-Ideological Model For -Christian Dalit Education
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