Vikas Maitri
Voluntary Development Society in Jharkhand
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The minorities schools in
Jharkhand performed excellently this year as well in Annual Secondary School
Examinations 2005. The success of St. Aloysius School, St. Johns High
School, Ursuline Convent, St. Anne's School have been remarkable.
As can be seen Ursuline
Convent secured 169 in the first division out of 170. In mathematics
also 13 girls of Ursuline secured 99 marks among them quite a few girls
belong to adivasi community. Kripa Swarnalata Kerketta secured 80.4%
marks in general. After what happened in Jharkhand a few months ago while forming government, the same type operation recently followed in Bihar which is under President's Rule (the Assembly was under suspended animation). Just like some Jharkhand legislators were smuggled out to Rajasthan, this time some legislators of Lok Jantantrik Party of Bihar gathered under protection in a hotel at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. However, this time, the Governor Shri Buta Singh took prompt action and recommended for dissolving the Assembly to make way for fresh elections. Whatever may be the intentions of the
ruling UPA Government at the center, one thing is clear: the politics has
come to its lowest ebb. The Adivasis of Jharkhand are known for high achievement in education and a large number of them are already working in professions such as government administrator, doctor, engineer, educationist, etc. In the Union Public
Service Commission 2004 Examination, three boys and one girl of Ranchi got qualified for
Indian Administrative Service. These are Rajesh Toppo, Ashim Vikrant
Minz and Anup Francis Dungdung and Prava Lakra. Congratulations! The Scheduled Tribe ( Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill 2005 has now slim chances of becoming a Law during the current Parliamentary Session. Clouds are already hovering on the Bill as some MPs of the ruling party may be aligning themselves to oppose the Bill in the name of "save the tiger" project. he adivasis are often blamed for the destruction of forest and the wild life. If some adivasi groups are destroying the nature, they are doing so either as a deliberate strategy to fight the establishment which has taken away their land or they have been driven to the extreme. They may be facing economic survival mostly on pressure from outside commercial interest. In my opinion, if proper
planning and thought is given to the development of adivasis, it may be
possible for the tiger to co-exist with them as has been the case for
thousands of years. The problem of bio-diversity in my view should be
looked from the angle of integration of all living beings including humans
and not isolating the threatened species in a protected zone. The Law Ministry of Government of India has cleared a bill called "Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill. The bill seeks to return to the tribal their traditional rights over forests. For a long time the bill was pending because of its contentious nature and the main players in the debate were the Ministry of Environment and Forest and Ministry of Tribal affairs. The Bill is likely to be
cleared by the Cabinet soon before being introduced in Parliament. A three day All India Tribal Literary Forum has been organised here in Ranchi from April 26. It is organised jointly by the Sahitya Academy and Ramnika Foundation. Among the prominent speakers on the first day were Dr. Ram Dayal Munda, former Vice Chancellor of Ranchi University, Ramnika Gupta founder of Ramnika Foundation and Prithvi Manjhi Speaker Assam Assembly. It provides a platform to speakers to discern a link between tribal marginalisation and their social exploitation. Sahitya Academy was set up by Government of India to foster and coordinate literary activities in all Indian languages and to promote through them cultural unity of India. Ramnika Foundation is a registered Trust for the cause of dalits/ tribals/women and communal harmony. The forum is attended by participants from all over India.
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