Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 2: One day consultation workshop on “Reorienting School Education for Tribals in Jammu and Kashmir” was organized today by the Department of Economics at University of Jammu, through its Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCE Jammu).
The workshop was organized in collaboration with Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Ahmedabad, with support from Centre for Environment Education and Trainings (CEET), Jammu; National Society for Human Resource Development and Research, Jammu and RCE Srinagar.
Balbir Ram Rattan, Vice Chairperson, J&K SC, ST, BC Development Corporation, was the chief guest on the occasion. He emphasized on the greater attention towards the education of the tribal communities of the State through curriculum reforms for improving their educational status as well as their economic upliftment so that they live a dignified life and contribute towards the development of their own community and the State too.
Dr C M Seth was the guest of honour while Dr Kavita Suri and Dr Abhdesh Gangwar were the key resource persons.
Besides, other resource persons were S M Sahni, R R Gupta and Dr Javaid Rahi.
Prof Falendra K Sudan, Head of the Department of Economics, briefed about the theme of the workshop and how it is related to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Dr Abhdesh Gangwar presented a detailed report on the current educational status of the tribal communities of the State, including his experiences with other tribal communities of India. It was emphasized by the participants of the workshop that a system of traditional indigenous knowledge and education is viable even today, and must be passed on through core learning school curriculum to the children and youth of the tribal communities. Educational teaching and learning of tribals must be linked and transfer of the knowledge from one generation to another through formal educational system including school education is a viable option, they added.
The other dignitaries, who were present in the workshop, included Prof Prakash Antahal, Dr Ravinder Singh, Dr Subhnandan Jamwal and Dr Virender Koundal.
Dr Hari Dutt conducted proceedings of the workshop. Gurleen Kour, Annie Mahajan, and Rinnie Mahajan were the rapporteurs in the workshop.
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