Review of education progress of schedule caste and schedule tribe in India

In the state of Maharashtra, the educational development of SCs and STs is scattered randomly in certain districts there is a high percentage of enrolment of SC and ST students while many other districts have a very small enrolment. Experimental evidences show that the districts which has a high enrolment rate of SC and ST students also witness a steep dropout rate. Lack of adequate infrastructure, misallocation of resources, secondary status of women, poverty compelling children to leave school and look for job, lack of economics opportunities in rural areas leading to widespread migration to cities during early age, etc. contributes to the other issues. Again each area has different problems that hinder the educational development of backward masses in those regions. Against this background, the present paper analyses the educational progress among SC and ST students in the State of Maharashtra to understand the progress, factors contributing to such progress and also factors that hinder the educational progress of backward masses at the rate at which the efforts of the government and NGOs permit in those regions.