Tribal education is one of the most emerging policy issues in contemporary India because of so many reasons behind for development of tribal education, among them deprivation and illiteracy
major one. Their educational status has been seen as very poor and worst because of the isolation, inaccessible lack of communication facilities, poor health conditions, hostile environment, poor economic conditions, and superstitious beliefs. Tribal deserve special development measures to enhance their quality of life. This paper focuses on the current status of tribal education, highlighting challenges and ongoing measures undertaken by the Central Government and regional government to make the life of tribes better and sustainable in a given situation. Also, in this paper, an attempt has been made to analyze the causes of poor educational status of tribal students, to find out the suggestive measures for further improvement in tribal literacy rate and also makes different admirable recommendations to overcome barriers like Guidance and counseling centers should be set up for tribal students, Monitoring of the programmer should be done at the grass-root level through village education committee, etc.
Key words: Tribal Education, Challenges, Ongoing Measures
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