Role of Economic Factors in Promoting Dalit Education

Type Journal Article - Journal of Advanced Academic Research
Title Role of Economic Factors in Promoting Dalit Education
Author(s)
Volume 2
Issue 1
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2015
Page numbers 59-73
URL https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JAAR/article/view/16597
Abstract
The study was conducted to identify the Role of economic factors in promoting Dalit Education.
Dalits are socially, educationally, politically and economically backward. Dalits are known as
the disadvantage communities who are culturally categorized as the untouchable caste in
society. Legally, it is not allowed to do discrimination in spear of social activities on the basis of
caste and ethnicity even though it is still in practice. The study was conducted among the 227
Dalit students, 18 guardians and 25 key informant interview group was in-depth interview and
discussion in Nawalparasi district of Nepal. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the
respondents from the Dalit communities. School enrolled children were participated in this
study. Self-reported structured questionnaire was formed in 5 point Likert's scale to collect the
perceptual data. Grade wise, mainly grade 5-10 students at least sometimes felt the problem of
tiffin money, problem to manage the expenditure of their school's stationeries, problem of one
uniform, feeling of sadness when they had no shoes like other friends, feeling of stress when they
could not pay the school's fee and problem of one uniform. In all these issues there was highly
significant association (p = .000) found on perception of different grade Dalit students. From the
discussion, it was found that the Role of economic factors in promoting Dalit Education.

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