bangalore its important to educated tribals in remote parts of the state and bring them into the mainstream according to honorary secretary of karuna trust h sudarshan at the international conference on educational leadership icel meet at iimb on monday he highlighted his efforts to educate tribals in br hillshe has been working with the soligas for more than two decades he started a school in 1982 using a hut as the main infrastructure and enrolled six students today four of them have finished their masters and the school has over 500 students from standard 1 to 10 he explainedmost of them are firstgeneration learners bringing them to school was difficult now 98 of them are coming to schoolsapart from science and arts in the 102 level midwifery has been included but this subject is not recognized by professional education agenciesother courses offered include drama and distance courses in order to make it easier soliga nudi textbook and soliga culturespecific information have been made availablesudarshan said that health conditions of the people living in the heart of the forest have improved he said there were no cases of stds hiv or cancer reported except for the occasional snake bites he also emphasized on the issue of equity sustainable development and good governancemedical education minister ramachandra gowda on the behalf of chief minister b s yeddyurappa spoke about the need to review strategies according to times and trends so as align with contemporary needs of society and update policies based on practical experience pankaj chandra director iimb said that the education sector today faces multiple challenges in an increasingly technological complex and diverse society it is important to get the focus back to key issues such as real learning and diversity rather than persist with the current trends that prioritize certification and standardization to develop the new generation of educators and the educated