Why the “Ahikuntaka” people (gypsies) children don’t go to school .

             The “Ahikuntaka” people (gypsies) is an ancient group. They mostly speak Telingu in Andras Pradesh. Also known as Sinhala .They have done for centuries by reading palms, snake charming and tanning monkey to perform tricks. And also “Ahikuntaka” peoples call Tamil and Muslim people “Kuravar”.They make living by fortune telling ,snake charming and using monkey and dogs in performances. Their houses like small area and it is not permanents one One of group nearly live 30 or 40 family. “Ahikuntaka” people they don’t live in a particular area and they migrate everywhere in Srilanka.so it has a big problem to decrease “Ahikuntaka” children education.

In this discussion I wish to elaborate the question (Why the “Ahikuntaka” people (gypsies) children don’t go to school.According to statics in srilanka people literacy of reading and writing is above 95.6%. But the “Ahikuntaka”people and other people belong to the other 10% Petron. Cause for the discussed issue is that children from “Ahikuntaka” family don’t attended schools. Unfortunately the population of “Ahikuntka” people indicates decrease and it is warring to hear that they don’t get proper education.

             The intention is to document their unique but rapidly disappearing children education which is still largely unrecorded and largely unrecorded and was passed on through generations of “Ahikuntikaya” by word of mouth. This will undertake a survey of the community, to comprehensively record their children education.

              As the decreasement of “Ahikuntaka” population is high it has become a problem to direct their children to education. Among “Ahikuntaka” who live in srilanka .

 Most of the female children are above age13 and they reading palm. that it is their culture and carrier. Now female translate their traditional reading palm to servant.though srilankan population male less compare to female population it is opposite “Ahikuntaka” people in this settlement. Now the significant fact that identity in “Ahikuntaka” people is that they abundant their traditional curries and have directed to labor.Most of their family members is 2-6 and some male and female married in their children age.because they don’t understand in our society.Most of family members were 5. they mostly do lookafter their small brothers and sisters. children do collect garbage in their job and also children do perfirm tricks (monkey and snake)

 “Akuntaka” people stay get dirty gratually because they don’t have regular sanitation and particular garbage disposal method.all above factors are formed because of the uneducation of “Akuntaka” people.

             If government has decided to a programmed to issue national identity card for “Ahikuntaka” people but according to my point of view I think the discussed educational issue should get property to get solution. For the example government can make public service to educate “Ahikuntaka” people about how important is literacy and schooling for their children as this children need to face their day today life. I questioned the responsible authorities why don’t “Ahikuntaka” people have educational even Veddas people do.

 There are 100% children do not school in “Akuntaka”  people because of their family very poor and they unable to find money As a result of this  the literacy of reading and writing this people may face problem in day today life.  Such as banking activities, getting public services and even travel by buses sometimes they get bully because of above issue and because of issue. And because of that they get to do crimes like illegal drugs, smuggling and robbing. Though to male population female population is less recently females are involves in crimes given above and that is all because of education. And also they addicted drugs and bad habitat in our society so it is harmful to our society.

why they do not go to school so most reason was to find money.so government give their any donation we can develop our literacy and writing. If this children get into track to schooling the literacy of srilanka can be 100% my target of this research is to make you aware of what are the issues of “Ahikuntaka”children regarding education