This document summarizes a study on education and empowerment among tribal women in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It finds that tribal women's literacy and education rates are much lower than tribal men's rates. The study aims to understand tribal women's awareness of educational and women's rights and attitudes toward education and empowerment. It uses a normative survey method with random sampling to collect data from the islands and analyze variables affecting tribal women. The findings could help eliminate exploitation of tribal women and help local governments develop effective educational and welfare policies and schemes.

1. Education and Empowerment
among Tribal Women in
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
– A Study
Dr.M.Mahendraprabu
Project Director
&
Mr. Vijayaraj
Dr.R.Ramnath
Dr.N.Sasikumar
Co-Project Directors

2. Conceptual Framework
 In India, women, especially tribal women do not
appropriately use their rights.
 Their education and empowerment in India is greatly
dependent on the variables such as
• Geographical location,
• Social status,
• Parental attitude, and
• Age etc.

3. Conceptual Framework contd.
 The female tribal population literacy rate was 0.36%.
Whereas the male tribal literacy was 0.98%.(Census
2011).
 Mere literacy with basic education is not adequate to
achieve or productivity.
 Hence, it is imperative to pursue the higher level
education.

4. Objectives
 To find out the level of;
-awareness on educational rights
-awareness on women’s right
- attitude of tribal women population
towards education and empowerment.

5. Methodology
 Method: Normative Survey Method
 Sampling: Random Sampling Technique
 Analyses: Dummy variable, ARIMA and least square method
to check the various attributes.
 Locale: All the permissible habitat of Andaman and Nicobar
Islands.

6. Importance for Society and Policy
For Tribal Society:
 Exploitation, ignorance, suicide, and wastage rate of tribal
women could be eliminated.
 The local administration can formulate tribal welfare
policies.

7. Importance for Society
and Policy contd.
For Policy:
 Effective implementation of educational schemes over women
tribal.
 Welfare and promotional schemes could be developed.
 Creating empirical data for contemporary tribal education.

8. Novelty
 Unique and unrevealed information on tribal women
 Fill the research gap in the Education & Empowerment of
Tribal Women.
 Assist the local administration to the central govt. to
formulate relevant policies and programs for their welfare.
 An eye opener for tribal women empowerment.

9. Budget
Research Staff:
An Assistant is required to execute all the appropriate
phases of research.
Field work:
The grant may be permitted as proposed to collect data from
all the 12 different islands of Andaman and Nicobar.

10. Thank You