| Chapter No. | Chapter Title | Chapter Author | Page No. |
| Introduction | | 1 |
| 1 | Tribes and their Education in India | Virginius Xaxa | 16 |
| 2 | Educational Roots in the Tribal World | Ramjee Singh | 26 |
| 3 | Tribal Studies: Need for Reorientation | Yogesh Atal | 31 |
| 4 | Paradoxes of Anthropocentric and Globalisation with reference to Tribal Education in India | R.D. Singh | 48 |
| 5 | Globalisation and Expansion of Education with reference to Indigenous Population in India | Tapan Mohanty | 54 |
| 6 | Parliamentary Initiatives towards Tribal Education | S. Prabhakar | 74 |
| 7 | Some Reflections on Provision of Literacy and primary Education for the Tribes (With Special reference to Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra) | S.N. Tripathy | 93 |
| 8 | Primary Education in a tribal Village of Madhya Pradesh: Myth and Reality | S.N. Chaudhary | 116 |
| 9 | Educational Scenario among the tribal Children of Hazaribagh | Chaturbhuj Sahu | 140 |
| 10 | Tribal Education in Madhya Pradesh : Identification of Problems and Some Resolutions | Debashis Debnath | 151 |
| 11 | Problems of Education among the Tangkhul Nagas of Ukhrul in Manipur | J.J. Roy Burman | 175 |
| 12 | Education System in Manipur : A Comparison between the Tribes and Non-Tribes | Kashnug Zingran Kengoo | 184 |
| 13 | Trends of Higher Education among Tribal Students | K.P. Pothen | 197 |
| 14 | Educational Attitude of Tribal Students in Madhya Pradesh | K.R. Sharma | 205 |
| 15 | Reasons for Increase in Dropout Rate among the Scheduled Tribe Students at Primary Schools | R.S. Srivastava | 213 |
| 16 | Tribes and their Education with reference to Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh : An Appraisal | V.K. Shrivastava | 223 |
| 17 | Educational Status of Tribals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands: A Study | Palash C. Coomar and S. K. Biswas | 253 |
| 18 | Mainstreaming the Marginalised : Status of Tribal Education and Development in Gujarat | Ratnawali Sinha | 269 |
| 19 | Status of Primary Education with Special Reference to Tribal Child Literacy : A Micro Level Study of West Bengal | Swapan Kumar Kolay | 292 |
| 20 | Enhancing Education among Tribes of Orissa : Issues and Concerns | Soubhagya Ranjan Padhi | 312 |
| Index | | 325 |