Human Resources Development in Tribal Areas
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Contributors. Introduction. 1. The need for an appropriate National Tribal Policy - for the development of human resources in tribal areas/V. Shruti Devi. 2. Suggestions for improvement of Draft National Policy on tribals/M. Sankara Reddi, B. Lilly Grace Eunice and Himaraka Neelakanteswara Rao. 3. Development of education and health with special reference to STs in A.P./N. Sudhakara Rao and P.S. Chokkalingam. 4. Educational development in tribal areas of Andhra Pradesh/A.K. Vasudevachary. 5. Population and literacy trends in tribal areas of Andhra Pradesh: an inter-district analysis between 1991-2001/T. Koteswara Rao and G. Appalanaidu. 6. Tribal education in Andhra Pradesh: some issues/A. Muralidhar Rao. 7. Mother tongue education and involvement of tribal community: a case study of Savara tribe/M. Sankara Reddi and M.V. Krishna Rao. 8. Issues in primary education of tribals in India/K. Sreerama Murthy and K.V. Jagannadha Rao. 9. Policies and programmes for the development of elementary education among scheduled tribes in India/D. Pulla Rao. 10. Evaluation of educational programmes in tribal areas of A.P./Chandrayya Miriyala, Suryanarayana Neduri and M.P.N. Vijay Kumar. 11. Educational opportunities among tribals in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh/G. Rajaiah and A. Vinayak Reddy. 12. Educational status of scheduled tribes in Ananthapur District/K. Dasaratharamaiah and Y.V. Ramanaiah. 13. Problems and prospects of education of tribal women/G. Pydi Raju. 14. Problems of female literacy among tribals (A study in KBK Districts of Orissa)/S.N. Tripathy. 15. The social and economic determinants of girl child dropouts at primary education level with special reference to gonds tribals in Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh/G. Gopal Reddy. 16. Causes and remedial measures for high dropout rates among ST students: a study in Ananthapur District/G. Satyanarayana, M. Reddi Ramu, K. Krishna Reddy and B. Vijaya Lakshmi. 17. A study on the mass media access, exposure and preferences of the tribes towards adult education in Visakha tribal region/B.S. Vasudevachary Rao and P. Viswanadha Gupta. 18. Traditional wisdom and its scientific corroboration in the crop production systems of tribal peasants of eastern ghats of Andhra Pradesh/A.V. Ramana and K.V. Ramana Murthy. 19. Tribal education -traditional wisdom: a review/V. Mahesh, L. Ramesh and P. Krishna Babu. 20. Nutritional and health status of ST and SC women in Andhra Pradesh/G. Ramachandrudu and Ch. Appa Rao. 21. Role of herbal medicine and medicinal plants in tribal development in the new millennium/M. Sankara Reddi, K. Haritha and V. Subramanyam. 22. Health status of primitive tribes of Srikakulam District of Andhra Pradesh/M. Sankara Raddi, K. Haritha and M. Sundara Rao. 23. Health Hazards in agency areas in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam Districts- a study/G. Kondala Rao. 24. Ecology, nutrition and health status among the tribes of Visakha agency area, Andhra Pradesh/V. Subramanyam and P. Durga Rao. 25. Health problems of tribal women and children in Srikakulam exploring application of \'Mooleeka Vaidhyam\', \'Janapada Vaidhyam\' \'Folk Medicine and \'Traditional Medicine\': a concept paper/T.S.S. Ravi Kumar and M. Sankara Reddi. 26. The tribal health and medicines in Srikakulam District/Addai Biddiki, P. Krishna Babu and B. Lilly Grace Eunice. 27. Ethnomedicine from Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, India/B.V.A. Rama Rao Naidu. 28. Statics and dynamics of tribal health- a micro level study in Anatagiri Mandal of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh/G. Ramachandrudu and D. Pulla Rao. 29. Sexual awareness and behaviour among the tribal teenagers/Satyanaryana Kanakala. 30. Tribal health in Vizianagaram District (Andhra Pradesh)- an overview/B.V.L.A Manga. 31. Health and nutrition problems and perspective of Srikukalam tribes/M. Sankara Reddi, K. Haritha, K. Sadguna Raju and T.S.S. Ravi Kumar.
"This book consists of interesting research papers relating to issues on development of human resources in tribal areas, particularly focusing on education and health standards. The research papers discuss elaborately and critically many important micro and macro level aspects pertaining to the development of education and health facilities in the interior tribal areas. The issues covered in this volume include "Draft National Policy" on the development of education and health facilities in tribal areas, pattern, programmes and policies relating to tribal education, levels of education in different tribal regions, issues relating to female literacy, dropouts, their traditional wisdom, and language etc. Similarly the health conditions prevailing in different tribal regions, issues relating to development of ethno medicine and herbal medicines are also analyzed. Various suggestions were made with regard to the policy formulations and implementation of education and health programmes in the remote tribal areas. The papers included in this volume are the revised and updated versions of the papers presented at the seminar, (on "Draft National Policy and trials and human resource development in tribal areas") held at Andhra University campus Etcherla; Srikakulam A.P. It is trusted that this volume will be highly useful to students, teachers, research scholars, administrators, and policy makers engaged in the study of tribes." (jacket)
