Educational Awareness among Scheduled Caste Parents: A Case Study on Amguri Block of Sibsagar District, Assam, India

Abstract

Education is the process of acquiring knowledge that prepares a thriving present and leads to a stable future. It improves social status, cultural and intellectual qualities- the means of generating civic society. Some sections of the Indian society are still struggling to attain education. The accessibility of quality education to all sections of the society is still a dream in the country. Scheduled caste population form a large section of the Indian population who are often marginalised and deprived of social, educational, economic and health benefits due to ignorance and socio-cultural milieu (Asha et al., 2024). Though the literacy rate among the Scheduled Castes increased 10.27% in 1961 to 63.89% in 2011 in national level but some Scheduled Castes communities still continue to remain educationally backward. Lack of educational awareness among the parents especially in rural areas is the prime problem in this regards. The poor economic condition of SC parents is also one of the barriers for their educational development (Kaur & Verma, 2017; Jain, 1981; Premi, 1974; Deka, 2016 & Das, 2017). The study is significant to know about the awareness of SC parents of Amguri block under Sibsagar district towards education. Descriptive method was applied to conduct the preset study. Total 45 Schedule Caste parents have been selected out of total 170 by using purposive sampling technique. A self constructed interview schedule was used to collect the required data for the study.