Tribal promoters are selected and engaged to function as facilitators in tribal areas for channelising and extending the benefits of tribal development schemes to the STs. They will also make a link between the scheduled tribe beneficiaries and the local governments/ line departments. Tribal youths have been selected and engaged for this purpose and trained in participatory rural appraisal, participatory monitoring, primary health care and natural resource management. Also youths have been employed as health promoters in hospitals. Each promoter will be given an honorarium of ₹12,500 and travelling allowance of ₹ 1000 per month. The outlay proposed is for giving honorarium and travelling allowance to ST promoters, imparting training and conducting various awareness generation programmes to the ST promoters. The provision can also be used for giving honorarium and travelling allowance to the health promoters engaged in the hospitals for assisting the scheduled tribe patients.

The objective of this sub scheme is to empower ST population in strengthening the processes of democracy among tribals by means of forming Oorukoottams in all tribal settlements. Oorukoottam meetings should be convened at least once in three months for empowering the tribal people including formulation and monitoring of Local Government plans. Oorukoottams will be empowered to conduct the social audit of plan implementation of Local Governments and the ST Department. Registration of Oorukoottams as per Government Order and the expenses for each Oorukoottam meetings should not exceed ₹2500 The budget provision is for meeting expenditure incurred for oorukoottams and capacity building activities including awareness programmes to the entire members of the Oorukoottams and organize training programme at district level through KILA and activities in connection with observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The fund can also utilize for special oorukoottams for Settlement and family based microplans for vulnerable households on the basis of the findings of the e-survey of ST households conducted by the Department.

Scheduled Tribes Development Department is providing apprenticeship training to the educated unemployed youths for one year as per Apprenticeship Act based on the qualification prescribed from time to time for Management trainees. About 140 unemployed youth will be trained under this scheme. Based on gender disaggregated data more than 60 percent fund will be going to women beneficiaries.

Social Workers preferably MSW/MA Sociology/MA Anthropology holders are engaged in tribal welfare sector as facilitators for counselling, arranging conferences, increasing resources and spearheading public awareness through conducting awareness camps against the consumption of drugs, alcohols, tobacco and other social evils in a community organization mode. Outlay is provided for training and giving honorarium to these social workers in tribal areas as per the norms fixed by the Government. Based on gender disaggregated data 50 per cent fund will be going to women beneficiaries.

Scheduled Tribes Development Department is giving residential accommodation for more than ten thousand students in pre-matric hostels, post-matric hostels and MRSs. As they are coming from economically and socially disadvantaged families, they face the issues of adaptability with new situations, problems of adjustments, interpersonal relationships and introvert habits. For addressing their psychological problems, department are engaging student counsellors in these institutions from 2005-06 onwards. The minimum qualification prescribed for the counsellor is MSW Degree/M.A Psychology or other qualifications equivalent to the above approved by the Government of Kerala. Student counsellors with good track record and counsellors from ST communities will be given preference. Rate of honorarium will be as per the norms fixed by the Government.

In order to address the language issues and ensure proper education to tribal children one educated tribal youth preferably with TTC/B.Ed. qualification from the same locality with knowledge in tribal dialect and Malayalam is selected and trained to function as teacher/education facilitator in all Primary Schools throughout the state, according to the strength of tribal students, on daily wages. At present 267 such mentor teachers are appointed in Wayanad, Attappady Block, Palakkad and Nilambur. Honorarium of these mentor teachers are met from this sub scheme. Along with teaching, these teachers will specifically address the language issues of tribal children, reduce drop outs and ensure cent per cent enrolment of tribal children, intensive coaching of tribal students, act as social worker and facilitator for tribal children. This person would be able to liaise between the community and the educational institutions, and at the same time take care of the child's education. It is anticipated that the service of Gothrabandhu teachers will be available on all working days per year. The rate of honorarium will be as per the existing Government Order.