Challenges in education faced by children in a development-induced displaced population

In order to create massive development projects like dams, reservoirs, power plants, highways, plantations, urban redevelopment, and oil, gas, and mining projects, millions of people throughout the world are moved and resettled every year, taking them away from their homes and ways of life. People who are displaced lose a variety of things, some of which are vital to their existence, such as their homes, valuable possessions, culture, means of subsistence, the environments most suited to their talents and practices, social networks, and a sense of identity. People have been uprooted not just from their homes but also from their possible ancestral homelands. The poorest, most socially and economically vulnerable, and marginalized segments of society, including women, children, minorities, and indigenous peoples, are always impacted by forced evictions, which exacerbate inequality, social strife, and segregation. Those impacted by particular projects have, for the most part, not received adequate rehabilitation and relocation measures for their well-being. Rehabilitation and resettlement negatively affect the education system of children and it alternatively affects the nation’s future. In social work, there is a scope in study of development induced displaced populations in children. Many people evacuated to make various development projects in Chennai and rehabilitated in Semmencherry. Therefore, this paper focussed to challenges in education faced by children in a development-induced displaced population resettled in Semmencherry. In this study, the data collected from 214 children, and out of which 106 children are males and 108 children are females. Lottery method of sampling is used for this study. And this study finds significant difference between socio demographic characters with regards to Environmental Challenges, Health Challenges, Socio-Cultural Challenges, and Economic Challenges in development induced displaced populations of childrenresettled in Semmencherry. Findings shows that, there is a significant difference between gender, educational status, religion and caste with regards to Environmental Challenges, Health Challenges, Socio-Cultural Challenges, and Economic Challenges in development induced displaced populations of children resettled in Semmencherry.