Book explores literacy among migrant children after 1991 reforms

A new book has explored impact of 1991 ecomical reforms on literacy, especially among migrant labourers of Delhi and ir children.

Titled "From Shanties to School", book by educationist Manimala Roy was launched here Saturday by senior journalist and former member of parliament H K Dua toger with former vice-chancellor of Delhi University Dinesh Singh. Speaking at launch event, Dua said that it is an important book because it chooses slums of Delhi and its outskirts as area of research.

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"She ( author) has spoken to people uprooted from vills in Bihar and UP, and seen that re signs of a new aspirational class determined to change ir lives through education in an emerging India," he added.

book, published by Konark Publishers, also explains surge in literacy after 1991 liberalisation rolled in by n finance minister Manmohan Singh under leadership of PV Narasimha Rao. It also makes a point about migration from Bihar, which went up by "75.77 per cent" between 1991 and 2001, and slum literacy in Delhi, that rose from "57.18 per cent" in 1991 to "64.4 per cent" in 2001. 

According to book, impact of literacy on migrant life is also visible from fact that decade 1993-94 to 2004-05, which was right after liberalisation, saw growth of regular workers in Delhi went up by "22.4 per cent".  It furr ted that during same period number of casual workers in Delhi fell by a whopping "71.3 per cent".

"At last, a detailed insight on education related realities of India's migrant children that combines a deep analytical understanding of ground situation with hard and extensive data. Policymakers, ecomists and sociologists must take te," Singh said. 

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