Finland’s Varsity awards Master’s degree for a thesis research on education of Dalits in Nepal.
The University of Joensuu in Finland awarded MSc degree to Ganashyam Bishwakarma upon successful completion of his thesis research on educational status of Dalits in Nepal.
The Nepaldalitinfo international network congratulates Mr. Bishwakarma for his academic achievement and also expresses its gratitude for his contribution of bringing out the information on educational status of Dalits to the attention of the world.
The University of Joensuu in Finland awarded MSc degree to Ganashyam Bishwakarma upon successful completion of his thesis research on educational status of Dalits in Nepal.
The Nepaldalitinfo international network congratulates Mr. Bishwakarma for his academic achievement and also expresses its gratitude to him for bringing out the information on educational status of Dalits to the attention of the world.
The University of Joensuu in Finland awarded MSc degree to Ganashyam Bishwakarma upon successful completion of his thesis research, entitled, “The High School Educational Status of Dalit in Nepal: From Exclusion to Success Story”. He did this research under the aegis of Cultural Diversity Program in the University. The abstract of the thesis follows:
The study particularly deals about educational exclusionary practices in Nepal on the ground of Dalit or untouchable. Basically, this research work is based on the data which are collected from the various literatures, documents, and field work in Nepal. This study has been limited within the high school educational status of the Dalits in Nepal. It particularly attempts to find the reason behind the Dalit’s low involvement and poor achievement in high school education and examines how the educational opportunity of the Dalit children is affected by their caste status. Similarly, some educational success stories of Dalit scholars have shown the clear pictures that they faced during their academic life. The study showed how social exclusion is determining the educational attainment of the particular caste group of the country.
The research is particularly in exploratory in nature and descriptive in characteristic. It sets first the analysis of overall situation of Dalit children in their schooling and followed by the some success stories in the field of education amid the era of social exclusion on the ground of caste, gender or socio-economic status of the individuals. The qualitative research method has been applied to find the answers of the research questions of this research work. Similarly, the semi structural interviews have been done with the scholars to find the pictures of academic journey in the discriminatory society and education system.
In general, the research conclusion brings out the argument that caste based discrimination is interrelated with backwardness of Dalit on education. There should be special educational provision bound for the limited time for the upliftment of Dalits in education from the government, and at the same time Dalits should have awareness of the importance of education and its outcome.
The Nepaldalitinfo international network congratulates Mr. Bishwakarma for his academic achievement and also expresses its gratitude to him for bringing out information on the educational status of Dalits to the attention of the world.
Mr. Bishwakarma’s thesis information for download is available from the University of Joensuu website as follows:
Bishwakarma, Ghanshyam
Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Regional Studies
2009, University of Joensuu
Ghanshyam Bishwakarma can be contacted at: ghanshyambk@yahoo.co.in.
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The conclusion of the thesis is very immature and contradictory. it has been argued that caste based discrimination is the primary cause of educational backwardness on the one hand, whereas the lifehistory shows that family enviornment is determining factor for the educational achievement. While researching on Dalit it is very easy to say that evry cause of Dalit is caste discrimination. The researcher also is not an exeption.
Anyway congratulations on being an MSC.
Ashutosh
Thanks for your information.