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Socio-Cultural Context of the School

Patewa small town of around 1368 people which consists mainly Other Backward Caste (OBC),
Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Scheduled Caste (SC) category people. Agriculture is the basic livelihood
here. People mostly belong to small farmers. It is recognized as tribal belt also hence the school was
under Tribal department before 1995. The area is traditional Chhattisgarhi and Chhattisgarhi dialect
is spoken mostly by the people and purely Chhattisgarhi festivals are observed here as Madai Mela,
Panthi, Suwa dance etc. The people belong to Kalar, Teli, Aghariya, Marar, among OBC, Gond,
Binjwar, Kamar among ST and Satnami, Ghasiya among SC. Kalar and Aghariya comparatively
economically strong hence they have the upper hand in running the society. People belonging to
General caste or Brahmins are very low in population.

Government Higher Secondary School Patewa where I am posted is the central school in sector and
covers 20 villages but on my arrival I found that institutions like schools do not have the image of
society builder. My school located in the midst of market and on day of weekly market i.e.
Thursday, people fearlessly had the habit of entering inside the school premise to urinate. I
witnessed it on the very second day of my joining.

Challenges: At the time of my first arrival in this school I found the following challenges mainly

● Disputed image of the school.
● Lack of confidence and lower standard of discipline.

● Behavior of the teachers and students.
● Lack of academic atmosphere and confidence.

● Passive attitude of community towards school.

● Insufficient infrastructure.

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