Education Oriented Schemes for STs

In order to improve the literacy level of students belonging to the Scheduled Tribe communities, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs is implementing the education oriented schemes which include Post-Matric Scholarships for ST students, Hostels for ST girls and boys, establishment of Ashram Schools in Tribal Sub Plan Areas, upgradation of Merit, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for ST students, top class education for ST students and National Overseas Scholarship for ST students. These are supplementary to the efforts made by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

The gap in the literacy rates for tribals in comparison to general category (1961-2001) is given below.

Table 1: Literacy Rate of General, and ST Population (1961-2001)
Year

All Social Groups

ST


1961

28.30

8.53


1971

34.45

11.30


1981

43.57

16.35


1991

52.21

29.60


2001

64.84

47.10


Source: Registrar General of India
(ii) Health indicators are given below.

Health Indicators

Infant and Child Mortality

Table 2: Early childhood mortality rates by background characteristics

(Figures per 1000 live births)


Background Characteristic

Neonatal mortality (NN)

Post-neonatal mortality (PNN)

Infant mortality

Child mortality

Under-five mortality


Scheduled tribe

39.9

22.3

62.1

35.8

95.7


Total

39

18

57

18.4

74.3


Source: NFHS-3 2005-06, M/o Health & Family Welfare, GOI


Maternal Health


Table 3: Components of antenatal care - among women with a live birth in the past five years: Percentage who during the pregnancy for their last birth


Background characteristic

Were given or purchased IFA

Took IFA for 90 days or more

Received two or more TT injections

Received one TT injection during the pregnancy

Took an intestinal parasite drug


Scheduled tribe

62

17.6

61.9

1.2

3.7


Total

65.1

23.1

76.3

1.5

3.8


Source: NFHS-3 2005-06, M/o Health & Family Welfare, GOI


Child Health



Table 4: Vaccinations: Percentage of children age 12-23 months who received specific vaccines at any time before the survey (according to a vaccination card or the mother`s report), and percentage with a vaccination card seen by the interviewer






DPT

Polio1

Measles

All basic vaccinations 2

No vaccinations

Percentage with a vaccination card seen


background characteristic

BCG

1

2

3

0

1

2

3


Scheduled tribe

71.7

65.9

53.2

40.9

30.9

86.8

79.8

64.6

46.1

31.3

11.5

27.4


Total

78.1

76.0

66.7

55.3

48.4

93.1

88.8

78.2

58.8

43.5

5.1

37.5


Source: NFHS-3 - 2005-06, M/o Health & Family Welfare, GOI



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