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Open Access

American Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

ISSN (Online): 2378-7031

DOI: 10.46568/arjhss

Research Article Vol. 7, Issue 1 2021 Open Access

Teaching Caste & Reservation in Classroom Setting: Effort towards Anti-oppressive Social Work Practice

Prof. Sanjoy Roy

Abstract
On the whole and equal representation of the people serve a sense of identity for the nation building for any country in the world. A country of assimilating people across borders is one nation and reflects common sentiments. Therefore communities which are backward education- ally, economically, culturally and in other respects, should be given more priority for their overall development. In India there have been specified many backward class communities and their movements in terms of caste or reservation. Though, it is observed in the last two centuries that apart from the upward surge in population of India; there is still inequality and underrepresentation of the various communities especially SCs, STs or OBCs in all spheres. The present article has analysed the true sense of reservation and caste discrimination as a structural problem and how these particular groups lacks in many spheres of their lives using qualitative analysis of thirty respondents from Delhi. Questionnaire was used as a tool for the data collection. At the end, it will be substantial to say that teaching caste and reservation in classroom setting has a meaning of providing awareness, advocacy and understanding about the government programmes, policies,