Access to higher education for tribals in India

This paper makes an attempt to examine the access to higher education for adivasis in India. The discussion has explored the possibilities of bringing the governmental interventions under the ambit of affirmative action policies. It also represents various determinants of participation in higher education among tribes. The paper is organised in five sections. The section (1) provides a brief introductory account of tribal's and their status. Section (2) discusses the importance of higher education. Section (3) focuses on higher education and human resource development. Section (4) defines the governmental interventions for tribal development. Section (5) aims to presents the current scenario of tribal's in higher education. Finally section (6) concludes with a discussion of policy implementation.