ABSTRACT
The colonial government in the Madras Presidency considered the question of improving facilities for the education of children of criminal tribes (CTs). It focused on efforts that should be made as a means to wean children of CTs from crime. The progress reports of education development among the CT children were annually published in public reports. Government of Madras asked the Directors of Public Instruction to regularly inspect all the schools established for the education of children of CT. By 1910, Christian Missionaries started schools for the children of CT/classes in Madras Presidency. There was one school established in every settlement and the strength of schoolgoing children exhibited rapid increase in due course of time. By 1916, there were schools established in Kistna, Kurnool, Bellary, Anantapur, Cuddapah, and other districts in Madras Presidency for children belonging to Pamulas, Konda Doras, Waddars, Yerukulas, and Yanadis in order to make them realize the moral value and power of education.
