Educational Status of Scheduled Caste Secondary Students in District Doda of J&K

Abstract

The scheduled caste is one of the deprived sections of society: they occupy the lowest position than others. The present paper attempts to provide a detailed description of the scheduled caste students and their existing educational status with reference to District Doda of Jammu and Kashmir. Data from the Chief educational office (CEO) Doda and Unified District information for education system (U- DISE) has been collected. The findings reveal that the highest enrolment was among the other castes compared to the scheduled caste to both genders in District Doda at the Secondary level. It was further found that female students' dropout rate was higher than the male schedule caste students at the secondary level in the District Doda of Jammu and Kashmir.