BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES FACED BY SCHEDULED TRIBE SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS: A STUDY OF DISTRICT POONCH

Education of Scheduled Tribes is of particular importance in the perspective of country planning and resource development as it is one of the primary agents of change towards development and determines employment prospects. Lack of education of Tribal students is a major concern, as they lag behind their socio-economic, cultural and educational background. The investigator in current tries to investigate the social- economic and personal barriers faced by tribal students in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir with respect to gender. The information related problems is obtained through the self-constructed questionnaire, scheduled tribe secondary school students are the participant for the present study. The study depicted a noteworthy variance among the male and female students; female scheduled tribe's students have faced more Social, Economic and Personal problems as compare to their male counterparts