Sabotaged schooling [electronic resource] : Naxalite attacks and police occupation of schools in India's Bihar and Jharkhand states / [Bede Sheppard].

Title from PDF title page (Human Rights Watch (HRW), viewed Dec. 22, 2009).

"December 2009"--Table of contents page.

"This report was written by Bede Sheppard ..."--P. 103.

This report details how the Maoists-- known as Naxalites-- a longstanding, pan-Indian armed militant movement, are targeting and blowing up state-run schools. At the same time, police and paramilitary forces are disrupting education for long periods by occupying schools as part of anti-Naxalite operations. On October 27, the Ranchi High Court gave the police a further six months to comply with its November 21, 2008 order to vacate all occupied schools by the second week of January 2009.

"The education of tens of thousands of India's most disadvantaged and marginalized children is being disrupted by the ongoing conflict between Maoist insurgents known as Naxalites and police and other security forces in the eastern states of Bihar and Jharkhand. Security forces are occupying government school buildings as bases for anti-Naxalite operations, sometimes only for few days but often for periods lasting years. Meanwhile, the Naxalites--a longstanding, pan-Indian Maoist revolutionary movement--are targeting and blowing up government schools, including those not used or occupied by security forces. The government's failure to promptly repair damaged schools enhances the lasting negative impact of these attacks on children's education."--P [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.