Musahar Children Deprived of Education

 Birgunj (Parsa), Dec 22: The children in rural Musahar settlements in the district are still deprived of education.

            The teachers at local schools said the Musahar families generally do not send their children to school. The Dalit households from Sedhawa, Mahadevpatti, Paterbasugauli, Gaharnathpur, Bijbaniya VDC still have illiterate children.

            Ramdev Prasad Tharu, a teacher at a local Saraswati Lower Secondary School, informed that most of the Musahar people have not sent their children to school.  He commented, "Though they know how important the education is, they don't drive their children to go to school."

            On the other hand, a Musahar man, Shivnath Majhi Musahar, said it giving skills was more important than education to the children.

            The District Education Office has the record that 44 percent children in the district still do not have access to education.

            Education Officer Barakhu Rajak however said a school admission campaign was launched targeting the Dalit people. The Dalit children were provided education free of cost in all level of school, he added. RSS