Move to enrol vulnerable tribal children in schools
The Hindu
They inhabit isolated, remote areas in small and scattered hamlets
The Andhra Pradesh Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (APTWREIS) has embarked on a drive to bring children belonging to the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) into the school fold. To enrol students from this group in the exclusive 10 PVTG schools with a capacity to accommodate 640 students in each of them, the Society secretary K. Srikanth Prabhakar has kicked off a campaign, going around their remote habitations and educating the elders and children on the several benefits of enrolling at these chools.More Related News