continuing their education. The subjects they were
studying were Khasi, Education, Political Science,
History, English and Modern English Languages. None of
the women had selected a Science subject. They were
ambitious and articulate. They stated that they would
like to become teachers, magistrates and lecturers.
They felt that as tribeswomen, the policy of positive
discrimination had enabled them to become educated and
competitive. All these women were bilingual in Khasi and
English. Three of them also spoke Jaintia, and were
interested in becoming missionaries, and "take Christ to
the people." Nine of them had Christian names and the
rest had exotic names like "Beautiful", and "Easter
Star". Their parents were agriculturists. One young
woman did mention that it would have been most
interesting to study farming and agriculture, because her
family had always worked on their own farm.
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