27Mar 2019

KORA COMMUNITY AND THEIR EDUCATION IN WEST BENGAL: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY.

  • M. Phil research scholar, Ramakrishna Mission Sikshanamandira, Belur math, Howrah.
  • Professor, Ramakrishna Mission Sikshanamandira, Belur math, Howrah.
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The present study is about the Kora tribal community and their education in West Bengal. According to the Second Amendment Bill 2011 of the Constitution of India (Scheduled Tribes orders) ? ?Tribals follow some specific criterion like having primitive traits, distributive culture geographical isolation, shyness at contact with the community at large and backwardness?. The study was delimited to two districts of West Bengal, namely Bankura and Purulia. The present ethnographer used traditional ethnographic method along with different secondary sources like books, journal, reports, internet etc.

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[Biswajit Goswami and Swami Tattwasarananda. (2019); KORA COMMUNITY AND THEIR EDUCATION IN WEST BENGAL: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (Mar). 1285-1297] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

BISWAJIT GOSWAMI
M.Phil Research Scholar, SVCMRES

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/8762      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/8762

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