Autonomy Movement Essay

Education is the prime step to nurture the present generation of the society for future progress. A suitable educational programme always can march ahead to ensure the all round development of a society. Maximum numbers of tribes in north-east India are among the most socially and educationally disadvantage groups of India. Tiwas are not exception to it. Lacking of better educational facilities as well as approachable planning programmes are reasons behind their backwardness. L.P. school and Higher Secondary schools are there almost in every Lalung village, having Assamese as medium of instructions and English language is also taught there. For college education students are supposed to go to the district or sub divisional headquarters.

But at the end their sacrifices and supports were not being appreciated and it led to tribal upsurge among the different ethnic groups. The reasons behind the growth of autonomy movement among different ethnic groups are based on various grounds. The most important one was gradual loss of land ownership by the tribal people due to heavy influx of Bangladeshi immigrants and their possession over tribal lands. Another one was due to various reasons the historical assimilation process among the various ethnic groups in Assam was not accomplished. Difference between tribal and non-tribal people also remained as it was. When the government of Assam introduced Assamese as the medium of instruction in education fear of losing their own dialects grew up in the sentiments of different ethnic groups. All these circumstances gave enough fuel to grow a sense of insecurity among the tribal people and to initiate a demand for a system which can protect their rights and laws. So these were the basic reason to strive for autonomy. The same unrest was also apparent among the Tiwas in quest of fully fledged autonomy and they believed that the autonomous council will bring security to their land, language and