during the second wave of the pandemic said mpcpcrs chouhansome continue the legacy and migrate on their own as well in january next year lalita ashas sister who is not sure of her age i might be between 16 and 18 will be married to dinesh amra who belongs to the same village until then lalita who had been studying class 5 has joined a dozen other girls from the village who have gone to gujarat to work at a construction site she accompanied them to vadodara in march this year after the contractor thekedar canvassed the village for workers promising around rs 300 a day for women and rs 350 for men its now unlikely that she will complete her educationas the school dropout rate is very high in tribal districts of mp namely alirajpur dhar jhabua and betul the mpcpcr has written to the tribal welfare department to upgrade hostel facilities to ensure that children can stay back and study if their parents migrate to other stateswe suspect the situation in other tribal districts like mandla chhindwara and dindori is similar to these four districts and we have written to the education labour and tribal welfare department to make arrangements for students to continue their education said chouhan