Interviewed an indigenous student yesterday. The student was from an OA community in the southern state. Intelligent, bright and cheerful.
But this is another issue. Just visited a blog where the student's tribe's name was mentioned as an analogy to being naive, unskilled and uncultured.
From the interview, it occurs to me that indeed we are the ones that are not aware that many in the OA communities have transited considerably into this new millenium, with better ICT awareness and skills. No doubt there are issues with school attendance and engagement. But I would not want those that have moved forward forever labelled and lumped as ignorant ...
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