Dropouts Among Tribal Students from Formal Education in India and Andhra Pradesh

J. Vishnu Priya1; K. Sirisha

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.80945

Dropouts Among Tribal Students from Formal Education in India and Andhra Pradesh

Author(s)	J. Vishnu Priya1, Dr. K. Sirisha
Country	India
Abstract	India harbors a significant population of tribal people, referred to as Adivasis or tribes. They possess the world’s second-largest- tribal community. Integral to Indian society since the times of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, tribals exhibit rich traditions, cultures, and heritage, characterized by unique lifestyles and customs. Despite regional differences, these tribes share common traits, residing in relative geographical isolation and maintaining a homogeneous and self-contained existence compared to non-tribals. The tribal population in India, as per 2011 census, is 10.43 core, constituting 8.6 per cent of the total population and 89.97 per cent of them live in rural areas and 10.03 per cent in urban areas. The decadal population growth of the tribal communities from census 2001 to 2011 has been 23.66 percent against the 17.69 per cent of the entire population. Scheduled Tribes are simple people with exotic customs, traditions and practices because low level of education. In Andhra Pradesh, the Scheduled Tribe (ST) population is about 7 per cent of the total population. This demographic group faces challenges in terms of economic exclusion and limited opportunities. While agriculture is a primary livelihood for many, tribal communities also engage in diverse occupations like construction, trade and government services. The state of Andhra Pradesh is known for tribal population and consists of 34 tribes. In Andhra Pradesh the literacy rate among the male and female tribes is 47.66 per cent and 26.11 per cent. Over 70 per cent of the tribal literates fall in the categorizing or below primary and primary level of education and 8 per cent each covered under middle and secondary level of education owing to dropping-out. The Governments of India and Andhra Pradesh have been introducing number of schemes and allocating huge amounts in 5 years plans for overall tribal development. Literacy and educational attainment are powerful indicators of social and economic development of tribal people. Despite concerted efforts by government for the overall development of the scheduled tribes, they are still far behind in almost all the standard parameters of development mainly due to the high incidence of illiteracy and very low level of education among the tribal people. It is well known that the educational background of tribes is very discouraging as compared to the rest of the population. So, education is an important avenue for upgrading the economic and social conditions of the Scheduled Tribes. In this background the objective of the present paper is to focus on various reasons for drop outs of the tribals children, reasons for drop out and the required stringent measures for reducing drop-out rates in tribal children and government welfare programs implementing for tribal education
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On	2026-03-30
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.80945

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Dropouts Among Tribal Students from Formal Education in India and Andhra Pradesh

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