Smriti Hin Sopun : The forgotten dreams of the Youth of Assam

Abstract

This project is a short documentary film which reflects the huge issue of School dropout in Assam. The people are so busy that they are often neglect the huge social phenomenon that is going on in their neighbourhood. But at the end of the day this small issue itself is causing a huge socio economic impact in the country. Thus, this raises an concern that the people should be aware of. In India, 62.1 million children are out of school (Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) (Taneja, 2018). UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific Bangkok in 1984, note that in India a large number of school leavers who are still in the age group 6-14 but would not like to return to the school since they have to support their families. The school dropouts have become a serious problem since it affects both individual and society. Initially, a lot of ideas were brainstormed before finalising one. The idea was to bring some social or cultural issues that is relevant to Assam. One idea led to another, from which Icame across to know that one of the most neglected issue in Assam is the school dropout ratio. It is recorded to have one of the highest dropout ratio among the other states in India. The idea at the begining was vague, due to which under the guidance of my mentors Prof. Vishvajit Pandya and Prof. Madhumita Mazumdar the idea was reformed into the shape of documentary. My mentors gave me extensive tasks to research and made sure to cover up every possible perspective related to this issue. Due to this extensive research, the picture and other presumptions of mine related to School dropout were broken and a clear narrative was observed in the field itself. Therefore, all these reseaech and insights played a crucial role on my journey of making this documentary film.