Forest officials turn catalysts for tribal children’s education
The Hindu
They lend a hand in setting up modern study room at Kadamabakkad in Wayanad
The limited number of community study centres of the Tribal Department and study rooms of the district panchayat in tribal hamlets in Wayanad district have played a crucial role in the education of tribal children during the pandemic.
But such facilities were far from the reach of tribal children in many a remote hamlet like Kadamabakkad. The hamlet of the Kattunayakkan tribe, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS), is located nearly 6 km away from the nearest town of Kallur.
However, residents of the hamlet are a happy lot, as they too have been able to avail such a facility thanks to timely intervention by a group of forest officials.