Disparity in Literary and Educational Attainments among Tribal Sub-Groups: An analysis of Tribes in Kerala

Abstract

This paper reveals the education exclusion of Scheduled Tribes in Kerala. The study is descriptive in nature and analyses the level of literacy and educational attainments of tribes using Census data published by the Government of India. In this study, tribes concentrated in the tribal predominant districts of Kerala such as Idukki, Palakkad and Wayanad are considered. The major findings of this paper discuss inequality in literacy and education backwardness of tribes compared with that of the total population. Besides, the study points wide gender gap and literacy gap existing within the tribal sub-groups.