Nomadic students join state schools

 Nakkalollu which comes under denotified tribals ( DNT) 

Nearly 2,500 children belonging to 26 BC nomadic and semi- nomadic castes were admitted to the government schools for the first time this year thanks to the BC Corporation. These castes come under Denotified tribals (DNT).

    

There are thousands of children of these nomadic BC communities out of school in the state. The  nomadic and semi- nomadic BC castes in nature have been identified including Balasanthula, Budubukkala, Dommara, Pamula, Gangireddula, Mondivaru, Banda, Veeramusti, Mandula and Pambala.  

The state government’s initiation will go a long way in bringing them to the schools. These nomadic and semi- nomadic castes in Backward Communities were included in the A- Group       

BC Empowerment Council of Telangana, Coordinator Durgam Subbarao said, ‘it is good to focus on NDTs child education in Telangana. A special component plan for the NDTs and government must allocate 10 percent of annual plan budget for them’.

The state government is making efforts to take special initiatives for the welfare and development most backward caste among the Backward Communities and reach the benefits to these communities.

BC Welfare Minister Jogu Ramanna said they have conducted a survey and have identified 26 castes as nomadic in nature among the existing BC communities and focusing on the development and welfare of these communities in the BCs in the state.

He said they have admitted nearly 2,500 children of nomadic BC communities to the government schools this year and they were for the first time entered into the educational institutions.

As per the GO MS N0: 15 there are total 144 castes in Backward Community’s list. Among them, 26 have been identified as most backward communities in the BCs in the Telangana state.

Efforts are being made to bring these BC communities in nomadic nature into the mainstream. It is found in the survey that these communities move from one place to another place in search of food, begging and no permanent shelter were not in a position to avail government schemes due to their nomadic nature.

People of these communities rarely find a place in the voter's list and integrated social survey conducted by the state and central governments.