Empowerment of the Schedule Tribe Students Through Professional Education: A Study

The term Tribe generally referred as human social group which mainly live in a forested region and survive by hunting animals and by carrying out shifting cultivation. They have their own culture, religious beliefs and traditions which are completely different from main stream practices. Tribal’s are the group of people who live in forests or backward areas. They are completely depended on forests for their livelihood and survival. Indian constitutional assembly members notified the facts that certain communities in India were suffering from extreme social, educational and economical backwardness. These communities were notified as Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes as per the provisions contained in clause 1 of article 341 and 342 of the Constitution respectively. After the Africa, India has the largest tribal community in the world. Among the marginalized people, Tribals had a long history. In ancient times people were segregated the Tribal on various reasons. India is one of the diversified and largest tribal populated countries in the world. According to the 2011 census tribal population in India is 104 million or 8.6 percent of the total population.