Module 1, Post 1 – Adivasi (Indigenous) student discrimination

I was deeply affected by the stories of discrimination and abuse in the Residential schools for the aboriginal people. I decided to look at the experiences of Adivasi students in the Indian mainstream education.

Experience of a tribal student – http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/india/tribal-education-india

The Human Rights Watch Report – http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/04/22/india-marginalized-children-denied-education

News item – http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Tribal-student-at-AIIMS-hangs-self/articleshow/12139294.cms

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