Abstract
This article focuses on the gender gap in literacy and education among the Scheduled Tribes in Jharkhand and West Bengal as measured by the gender disparity index. The female literacy rates among the Ho and Mahali in Jharkhand and the Lodha in West Bengal are low, with high gender disparity, as compared with other tribes. The gender disparities among most of the tribes tend to increase at the higher level of school education. The article also analyses the enrolment ratios and dropouts of female children, and discusses the issues related to tribal education.
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