New-born Schemes and Programmes for Advancing Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Students Education in India

ABSTRACT Education is an important weapon for reducing inequalities as it enables each individual to become independent. Schedule cast and Scheduled Tribe people who come across through different discriminations in many spheres of life have a particular need for quality education and it is widely connected to the status of these individual and there by leads to the overall development in the society. The Government of India and the respective state government fully realise the multiplier effect of schedule cast and Scheduled Tribe students’ education and it has considered as a prime agenda for the national development. The schedule cast, Scheduled Tribe student and the girls comprise of half of the population of the school age children. It is essential to understand the multiple vulnerabilities which they face in different geographical terrains in order to plan and implement inclusive education programmes for these children. For this purpose Ministry Of Human Resource Development and the Social Service Departments of each states launched several centralised sponsored as well as states sponsored education schemes and programmes to improve the education status of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe students in schools and the higher education level such as PRE MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME, EKLAVYA MODEL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS (EMRS), A BABU JAGJIVAN RAM CHHATRAWA YOJANA, PMS, TCS PRADHAN MANTRI UCHATAR SIKSHA PROTSAHAN (PM-USP), SHREYAS, NATIONAL OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP( NOIS )SCHEME, NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOR SCHEDULED TRIBE STUDENTS( NFST ) ADIVASI SHIKSHA NRINN YOJANA which will map the progress of scheduled caste and Scheduled Tribe students educational status throughout the country. After the implementation of several state as well as centrally sponsored programme and schemes, we are still dragging behind in ensuring quality education to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe students both in schools and higher education level. The problem here is not in the implementation of these schemes but in the level of dedication of the people in general. Through this research study the researcher is planning to create awareness as well as analysing purpose and benefits of different government schemes to the targeted population and also explain the focus of all these schemes which ultimately promote the scheduled caste and Scheduled Tribe students’ education.