Manuscript Number : GISRRJ203338

A Geographical Study of Education and Empowerment of Weaker Section in Latehar District, Jharkhand

Authors(2) :-Ramchandra Kumar, Dr. Anil Kumar Singh

India is a fast growing country in the world and it is often being said that 21st century is going to be the century of India. Despite of many development initiatives and efforts empowerment of the weaker section is still a big challenge to the development of this country. It seems more so in the context of Jharkhand a newly formed state which has been established with hope of better future. The weaker sections are a pampered lot in political circle but thereafter they are the most neglected and exploited social groups. Weaker section is an indicative term and includes people with poor socio-economic and political background. They include the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes Minorities, women and Other Backward Communities. Education is seen as a major vector in society. It is rightly recognized by Ravindranath Tagore that the widest road leading to solution of all existing problems is education. Geography is an interdisciplinary subject and study of education, empowerment and weaker section have been attractive issue in applied geography and planning and in social geography. Though it is much debatable among the realm of geographical research and development that how this kind of social issues can be oriented. The present research paper is basically based on observational study with the purpose of giving holistic view of educational status of weaker section, ongoing policies and schemes related to education and empowerment, challenges of empowerment and educational development of the study area and to find out suggestions for betterment.

Authors and Affiliations

Ramchandra Kumar
Research Scholar, University Department of Geography, Bindo Bihari Mahato Koyalanchal University, Dhanbad.
Dr. Anil Kumar Singh
Head, University Department of Geography, Bindo Bihari Mahato Koyalanchal University, Dhanbad

Geographical Study, Education, Empowerment and Weaker Section.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 5 | Issue 1 | January-February 2022
Date of Publication : 2022-02-07
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 69-78
Manuscript Number : GISRRJ203338
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2582-0095

Cite This Article :

Ramchandra Kumar, Dr. Anil Kumar Singh , "A Geographical Study of Education and Empowerment of Weaker Section in Latehar District, Jharkhand", Gyanshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (GISRRJ), ISSN : 2582-0095, Volume 5, Issue 1, pp.69-78, January-February.2022
URL : https://gisrrj.com/GISRRJ203338

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