Three months into academic year 2016-17, 42 tribal students, whose education was being sponsored by the state government under the special scheme launched for tribal students in 2009, have returned to their homes in Shahapur, Thane. Their parents alleged the Class 7 students found it difficult to live in “inhabitable conditions”. However, the state de-registered the Shivneri school, following which the students were shifted to DSB School in Kalyan, which taught the state board syllabus. However, the living conditions of this residential school in Kolhapur were traumatising for the children, said their parents. At one school, the students made to live in demarcated sections labelled ‘poor students from tribal community’,” said Jairam Kamdi, a social worker from Shahapur.

Source: Hindustan Times September 04, 2016 17:26 UTC