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    Educational status of Tharu community ; A case study of Munuwa VDC, Kailali District
    (2015) Bhandari, Laxmi Kumari; Bindu Pokharel
    ABSTRACT Tharu people are indigenous people of the Terai regions of Nepal who are mostly reside on the foothills of the Chure and Siwali rang from east to west of Nepal. Tharu are basically agricultural peasant. Tharus population occupies 6.75 percent of the total population of Nepal. Mostly Tharu people are found in western Terai of Nepal such as Dung, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, Kanchanpur which occupy 30-50 percent of the total district population. Education is systematic instruction to acquire knowledge. Education is the backbone of development of a country which develops the skills and capabilities of citizens. Education is the necessary precondition of development and national integration. Therefore, it should go simultaneously prior to the process of development. The objective of the study is to find the educational status of Tharu community and specific objectives are to identify the relationship between socio-economic and educational status in Tharu community, to examine problems associated with educational attainment and to find out the causes of drop-out of Tharu students from the school. Fifty households have been selected to met the objective of this study. Household survey, questionnaire and key informant interview have been used to collect the primary data. The collected data have been classified in different categories and interpret using simple mathematical device. Out of 50 HHs, males and female respondents are respectively 26 and 24. It has been found that 38 percent respondents are illiterate and 62 percent are literate. Majority of the students attend school. Some of students do not attend school. The main reason of being absence is poor economic condition which accounts 32.6 percent. Dropout situation is one of the major problems of education in Tharu community. Maximum numbers of Tharu students go to school but only few of them complete their education. Regarding status of dropout 23.46 percent have dropped out of total students 196. Out of dropped out students, majority of students (52.17 %) have dropped out in secondary level followed by (39.13 %) in lower secondary level and very few (6.52 %) in primary level. Likewise, the dropout rate is high who are involved in agriculture and labour wages which are (84.18%) and (22.95%) respectively. The least students are dropped out who are involved in Govt/ Private Service and their own business which are (2.55 %) and 5.10 (%) respectively. The causes of student dropout from school are of domestic work (34.78 %), poor economic income (32.60%), failure in the examination (15.21%), long distance (2.17%) and lack of awareness (15.21%). Out to the total students of age group 5-14 years have enrolled in government and private school which accounts 70 percent and 30 percent respectively. Educational status of Tharu community is not satisfactory due to poor economic condition and other several reasons. But the attitude of Tharu community forward education has been positively changing gradually and enrollment ratio of Tharu students in school has been increasing. Most of the Tharu people have been trapped in a vicious circle of poverty therefore, it is essential to improve the economic condition of Tharu propel through various intensive income generating activities
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    Educational status of women a case study of bhanodaya HSS in Bajura
    (2015) Rawat, Chandra Bahadur; Bindu Pokharel
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    The marriage system among Tharu community: A case study of Bhangaha VDC, Mahottari
    (2015) Singh, Ajay Kumar; Bindu Pokharel
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