*Corresponding author: laxmiram.1122@gmail.com (ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0688-2812)
Sabar is a most backward tribal community of Bengal. Educationally they are deprived and marginalized. Through this study, it is reflected that their educational status is very low, and day to day they deviate from education. In Sabar society education is just a luxurious phenomenon, they think that education is not for them. So, in this perspective, they don’t want to get education. They found a huge discrepancy between education and real-life situations. According to the Sabar community schooling became a burden it failed to sustain them. Hence this paper knows the current educational status of the Sabar community in the Purulia district and the researchers also find some important causes of the educational gap among the Sabar community and simultaneously give insight into possible methods of educating among the Sabar community. This study was conducted on 10 Sabar villages and data was collected through randomly selected survey methods about ten (10) Sabar villages (Para) like Akarbad, Maldhi, Kudha, Kashidhi, Bamni, Panchara, Shalbani, Kendapara, Shirkabad, and Dhumurdhi. 100 Sabar people (above 18 years old) are included in this study as a sample. The study significantly shows the educational status of the Sabar community in Purulia district.
⓿ The Sabar community, one of the most marginalized tribal groups in Bengal, faces many educational challenges, and they are much more deprivations than any other community.
⓿ A comprehensive survey across ten Sabar villages in the Purulia district reveals that 87% of the community remains uneducated.
⓿ The Sabar people view education as a luxury and are detached from their day-to-day life activities. According to them, modern education cannot help them fulfill their basic needs; thus, education fails to meet their survival needs, leading to high dropout rates.
⓿ Major barriers to education in the Sabar community include extreme poverty, geographical isolation, cultural practices, and language barriers.
⓿ Government initiatives like scholarships, residential schools, and tribal-specific curricula have had limited success in improving literacy rates among the Sabar people.
⓿ The study emphasizes the need for culturally relevant, community-centric educational policies to uplift the Sabar tribe and promote long-term educational engagement.
Education, Community, Sabar Community
