Education Exclusion of Scheduled Tribes in India

Abstract

In India, there are more than 533 tribal communities scattered all over the states and majority of them lives in difficult terrains, interiors of forests or remote areas which are difficult to access by mainstream population. Because of this geographical isolation, they are often excluded from developmental activities. The present study tries to identify the educational exclusion of tribes by comparing the literacy and educational attainments of the tribes with that of the other social groups. The study is descriptive and uses Census data published by Government of India for the analysis and interpretation.