While the passing year had seen the pandemic impacting the tribal communities disproportionately in their pursuit to access Education, there has also been a rare silver lining scripted by a collective of adivasi and dalit youths.
Adishakthi Summer Schoolhas helped over 250 tribal youths from remote hamlets across the state gain admission to colleges this year alone by providing end-to-end supportfrom starting an admission help desk to holding orientation classes and extending accommodation facilities.
More significantly, with the handholding coming from student members of the collective themselves who had been mentored through the programme in previous years, an increasing number of tribal students has taken admissions to new generation and job-oriented courses, breaking free from the traditional practice of opting mostly for humanities courses.