Who will Cry for these kids?

 

Socio‐Economic Profile of Dalit‐Muslim

 

Neighbourhood in Ahmedabad

 

 

 

 

20  chawls

1052  families

4026  students

 

2157 drop-out Percentage of dropout 54.11

235  'government-recognized'  BPL  families

376  'deserving,  but  deprived'  BPL  families

611  Families  with  income  below  Rs.  3500

 

 

 

 

 

Analysis and report writing: Raju Solanki

 

Field survey: Ashwin Vaghela

 

 

 

243 child labourers, 2157 drop‐out, 235 'government‐recognized' BPL families and 376 'deserving, but deprived' BPL families and 163 widows; these are the shocking stats emerging from survey of 1052 families of more than 20 chawls of Rajpur‐Gomatipur area. The survey has been done by Dalit Hak Rakshak Manch and it is part of a continuous process of wider mapping in 'socio‐economic profile of Dalit‐Muslim neighbourhood in Ahmedabad.'

 

First of all we shall talk about the child labourers. As the present political establishment in Gujarat is smart in using sanskritised lexicons for the worst victims of socio‐economic deprivation, they use the word 'balshram yogi' for child labourer. But, we shall use the word child labourer. These child labourers include 21 child labourers (18 boys, three girls) under age of 14 years, 27 child labourers (18 boys, 9 girls) of 15 years, 28 child labourers (19 boys, 9 girls) of 16 years, 51 child labourers of 17 years and 107 so‐called adult labourers (who actually started laboring since age of 14 or 15).

 

Out of these 1052 families' 4026 students, around 2157 students are drop‐out. And in these 1052 families there are 611 families with annual income of just Rs. 3500. In most of these families both husband and wife are working, mainly daily wagers. And they are working in garment factories or working as construction labourers.

 

The area under survey included, 1. Khadawali chawl, 2. Vora's chawl, 3. Shakra Ganchi's chawl, 4. Hira Ganchi's chawl, 5. Saliawali chawl, 6. Havada ni pole (Masukhrai's chawl, Popatiya Vad, Jivram Bhatt's chawl), 7. Kundawali Kanjibhai Kalidas chawl, Opp. Post office, 8. Abu Kasai's chawl, 9. Hiralal's chawl, Dudhwali line, 10. Sutharwada's pole, 11. Jain Derasar, 12. mehboob Building, Maniar vado, 13. Mariam Bibi Masjid, 14. Chanda Masjid, 15. Julta Minara (Aman nagar Chhapara, Bibi Masjid, Tulsi Park).

 

If we look at the area‐wise pattern of drop out, we find that numbers increase from seven to ten standards and ten standard has the highest rate of drop out. All these students study in schools of Ahmadabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), where even 200 days of educational work is hardly accomplished. The relation between present government's craze for celebrating carnivals and festivals and the drop out is subject of investigation. ''More than 7500 children were forced to remain present at international kite festival held at Sabarmati river front. 10,000 children were forced to stand under scorching sun in the inaugural function of Kankariya carnival.'' (Jansatta, D. 29/1/2010)

 

If we compare the ratio of drop out among Dalits with that of children of sex‐workers, it may puncture pride of some so‐called 'dalits' who are singing songs of vibrant Gujarat with their political masters. ''According to a study commissioned by the Women and Child and Social Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal and UNICEF and conducted by the Kolkata‐based Jayaprakash Institute of Social Change (JPISC)… ''Dropout rate is very high amongst children of standard V to VIII (in schools), more specifically among the girls… The study surveyed 1,200 sample families and found that of the 2,003 children 471 never attended school, 384 stopped going to school in the pre‐primary stage, 758 stopped going to school after the primary level, 377 completed secondary level while only 13 managed to continue till the higher secondary level.''

 

1. Khadawali chawl

 

Total student: 83

 

Total dropout: 30 + 4

 

Per capita income of DP families 2500

 

					Drop‐out table
	Std.		boy				girl		total student
	Illiterate		4						4
	1
	2
	3		1						1
	4						1		1
	5
	6						1		1
	7		1				3		4
	8		1				1		2
	9						1		1
	10		7				8		15
	11
	12		1				2		3
	First year		1				1		2
	Second year
	Third year
	Total		12				18		30
2. Vora's chawl
Total student: 598
Total dropout: 326 + 17
				Drop‐out table
		Std.		boy		girl		total student
		Illiterate		8		9		17
		1		1				1
		2		1				1
		3		6				6
		4		1		2		3
		5		9		4		13
		6		10		4		14
		7		21		26		47
		8		21		15		36
		9		23		14		37
		10		88		43		131
		11		3		4		7
		12		11		6		17
		First year		3		1		4
		Second year		7				7
		Third year		5		2		7
		Total		211		115		326

 

3. Shakra Ganchi's chawl

 

Total students: 102

 

Total dropout: 62 + 2

 

Drop‐out table

 

Std.	boys	girls	Total student
Illiterate	2		2
1	1		1
2
3
4		1	1
5
6
7	1	6	7
8	2	6	8
9	6	5	11
10	20	9	29
11
12	3	1	4
First year
Second year
Third year		1	1

Total	33	29	62

 

 

4. Hira Ganchi's chawl
Total students: 43
Total dropout: 29
			Dropout table
	Std.	boy		girl	Total student
	Illiterate
	1
	2			1	1
	3			1	1
	4
	5
	6
	7	1		1	2
	8			4	4
	9	1		1	2
	10	7		5	12
	11
	12	3		4	7
	First year
	Second year

Third year
Total	12	17	29

 

 

5. Saliawali chawl

 

Total student: 193

 

Total dropout: 108 + 2

 

 

Drop‐out table

 

Std.	boys	girls	Total student
Illiterate	2		2
1
2
3	1		1
4	2		2
5	2	3	5
6
7	8	16	24
8	5	3	8
9	2	3	5
10	30	20	50
11	1		1
12		1	1
First year	1		1
Second year	1		1
Third year	4	3	7

 

 

Total	57	51	108

 

 

 

6. Havada ni pole (Masukhrai's chawl, Popatiya Vad, Jivram Bhatt's chawl)

 

Total students: 784
Total drop‐out: 492 + 4
		Drop‐out table
	Std.	boy	girl	Total student
	Illiterate	2	2	4
	1
	2
	3	2	2	4
	4	2	2	4
	5	4	4	8
	6	1	1	2
	7	13	9	21
	8	22	31	53
	9	23	23	46
	10	134	94	228
	11	4		4
	12	31	11	42
	First year	6	4	10
	Second year	3	1	4
	Third year	19	9	28
	Total	264	228	492

7. Kundawali Kanjibhai Kalidas chawl, Opp. Post office

 

Total student: 81

 

Total dropout: 56

 

 

	Drop‐out table
Std.	boys	girls	Total student
Illiterate
1
2
3
4
5
6
7	1	2	3
8	1	6	7
9	4	4	8
10	15	10	25
11
12	4	2	6
First year
Second year		1	1
Third year	1	1	2
Total	26	30	56

8. Abu Kasai's chawl
Total student: 142
Total dropout: 86
		Drop‐out table
	Std.	boys	girls	Total student
	Illiterate
	1
	2
	3
	4	1	1	2
	5		2	2
	6	2	1	3
	7	1	1	2
	8	4	4	8
	9	10	3	13
	10	22	19	41
	11
	12	4	3	7
	First year		1	1
	Second year
	Third year	2	1	3
	Total	46	40	86

9. Hiralal's chawl, Duchwali line

 

Total students: 117

Total drop‐out: 68

 

 

		Drop‐out table
Std.	boys		girls	Total student
Illiterate
1
2
3
4
5
6	1			1
7	1			1
8	4		5	9
9	2		1	3
10	26		17	43
11	1			1
12	6			6
First year
Second
year
Third year	3		1	4

Total	44	24	68

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Sutharwada's pole
Total students: 282
Total dropout: 114
			Drop‐out table
	Std.	boy		girl	Total student
	Illiterate	6		3	9
	1			1	1
	2			1	1
	3	1			1
	4	7		3	10
	5	4		1	5
	6	6		4	10
	7	11		23	34
	8	5		10	15
	9	4		5	9
	10	10		9	19
	11
	12	1		3	4
	First year
	Second year
	Third year	1		4	5

Total	50	64	114

 

 

 

 

 

11. Jain Derasar
Total students: 155
Total drop‐out: 92 + 2
		Drop‐out table
	Std.	boys	girls	Total student
	Illiterate		2	2
	1
	2	2		2
	3
	4	2	1	3
	5	1	1	2
	6	2	1	3
	7	8	24	32
	8	8	7	15
	9	6	6	12
	10	9	10	19
	11
	12	5		5
	First year	1		1
	Second year
	Third year	1		1

 

Total	43	49	92

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. Mehboob Building, Maniar vado

 

Total student: 282

 

Total dropout: 104 + 3

 

 

 

Dropout table

 

 

Std.	boys	girls	Total student
Illiterate	2	1	3
1
2	1	1	2
3		2	2
4		3	3
5	2	4	6
6	2	4	6
7	12	31	43
8	6	6	12
9	8	3	11
10	16	2	18
11
12
First year
Second year

Third year		1	1
Total	47	57	104

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. Mariam Bibi Masjid
Total students: 624
Total drop‐out: 293 + 18
		Drop‐out table
	Std.	boys	girls	Total student
	Illiterate	11	7	18
	1		1	1
	2	1	1	2
	3	2		2
	4	5	2	7
	5	7	8	15
	6	6	10	16
	7	28	52	80
	8	37	31	68
	9	21	11	32
	10	25	25	50
	11
	12	7	6	13
	First year		1	1
	Second year

Third year	2	4	6
Total	141	152	293

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14. Chanda Masjid
Total student: 195
Total dropout: 79 + 2
			Dropout table
	Std.	boys		girls	Total student
	Illiterate	1		1	2
	1	1			1
	2
	3	5			5
	4	2		1	3
	5			4	4
	6	3		5	8
	7	10		12	22
	8	6		8	14
	9	5			5
	10	12		4	16
	11	1			1
	12
	First year

Second year
Third year
Total	45	34	79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15. Julta Minara (Aman nagar Chhapara, Bibi Masjid, Tulsi Park)

 

Total student: 345 Total dropout: 218 + 10

 

		Dropout table
Std.	boys		girls	Total students
Illiterate	4		6	10
1
2	1			1
3	1		1	2
4	3		7	10
5	6		7	13
6	9		9	18
7	35		44	79
8	16		14	30
9	9		11	20
10	24		10	34
11

12	3	2	5
First year		2	2
Second year	1		1
Third year		3	3
Total	108	110	218

 

 

Percentage drop‐outs in each area

 

 

 

No.	Area	Total	Drop‐	boys	Girls	%	of
		students	outs			drop‐
						outs
1	Khadawali chawl	83	30	12	18	36.14
2	Vora's chawl	598	326	211	115	54.51
3	Shakra Ganchi's chawl	102	62	33	29	60.78
4	Hira Ganchi's chawl	43	29	12	17	67.44
5	Saliawali chawl	193	108	57	51	55.95
6	Havada ni pole (Masukhrai's chawl,	784	492	264	228	62.75
	Popatiya Vad, Jivram Bhatt's chawl)
7	Kundawali  Kanjibhai  Kalidas  chawl,	81	56	26	30	69.13
	Opp. Post office
8	Abu Kasai's chawl	142	86	46	40	60.56
9	Hiralal's chawl, Duchwali line	117	68	44	24	58.11
10	Sutharwada's pole	282	114	50	64	40.42
11	Jain Derasar	155	92	43	49	59.35
12	Mehboob Building, Maniar vado	282	104	47	57	36.87

13	Mariam Bibi Masjid				624	293	141	152	46.95
14	Chanda Masjid				195	79	45	34	40.51
15	Julta	Minara	(Aman	nagar	345	218	108	110	63.18
	Chhapara, Bibi Masjid, Tulsi Park)
	Total				4026	2157			54.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	Families with income below Rs. 3500
	(The bracket shows total families surveyed)
No	Area				No.	of	perce	BPL		widows
.					families		ntage
1	Khadawali				15 (25)		37.40	4		1
	chawl
2	Vora's chawl				126 (162)		77.70	27		28
3	Shakra				23 (26)		88.46	15		3
	Ganchi's chawl
4	Hira	Ganchi's			8 (12)		66.66	6		4
	chawl
5	Saliawali chawl				40 (54)		74.07	17		15
6	Havada ni pole				139 (227)		61.23	67		36
	(Mahasukhrai's
	chawl,
	Popatiya			Vad,
	Jivram		Bhatt's
	chawl)
7	Kundawali				14(25)		56	3		8
	Kanjibhai
	Kalidas		chawl,
	Opp.			Post
	office

8	Abu	Kasai's	23(41)	56.09	16	9
	chawl
9	Hiralal's  chawl,		20(36)	55.55	11	5
	Duchwali line
10	Sutharwada's		39(77)	50.64	19	10
	pole
11	Jain Derasar		50(76)	65.78	15	7
12	Mehboob		44(79)	55.69	15	10
	Building,
	Maniar vado
13	Mariam	Bibi	39(123)	31.70	9	19
	Masjid
14	Chanda Masjid		16(43)	37.20	3	5
15	Julta	Minara	12(28)	42.85	6	2
	(Aman	nagar
	Chhapara, Tulsi
	Park)
	Bibi Masjid		3(15)		2	1
	Total		611(1052)	58.07	235	163

 

 

 

 

 

Child labour

 

 

 

area

Below

14

15 yrs.

16 yrs

17 yrs.

18 yrs.

Total

yrs.

girl

boy

Girl

boy

Girl

boy

girl

boy

girl

boy

Khadawali

1

1

1

2

5

chawl

Vora's chawl				2	5	3	1	7	2	6	4	18	48
Julta	Minara		1	2		2		2		5		5	27
(Aman	nagar
Chhapara)
Bibi Masjid			1	3		1		1	1	2	2	3	14
Tulsi Park						1	1	2		2		3	9
Shakra										1		4	5
Ganchi's chawl
Saliawali chawl				3		1		1		2		4	11
Havada ni pole			1		1	5		1	2	5	4	15	34
(Mahasukhrai's
chawl,
Popatiya		Vad,
Jivram	Bhatt's
chawl)
Abu	Kasai's			1					1	2		3	7
chawl
Kundawali				1									1
Kanjibhai
Kalidas	chawl,
Opp.		Post
office
Hiralal's chawl,				1									1
Duchwali line
Mariam		Bibi		2		2		1		5		20	30
Masjid
Maniar vado				1	1	1	2	2	1		1	5	14
Jain Derasar				1			3	1		5	1	4	14
Sutharwada's					2	1	2	1	3	5	5	4	23
pole
Total			3	18	9	18	9	19	11	40	17	90	243