This study was conducted in two blocks of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal to find out any difference exist in certain socio-economic status of the tribal families like retention and dropout of tribal students. Since Dakshin Dinajpur is a district consisting of a large tribal population was selected for study. According to 2011 census the tribal population was 16.48% and the tribal literacy rate was 57.04%. This study compared the retention and dropout statistics from 2013 to 2018 in two blocks at elementary level in order to find out any difference existed or not. Accordingly a sample of 750 tribal students and their family were surveyed in Gangarampur and Tapan blocks of Dakshin Dinajpur. The socio-economic status of head of the families of tribal students of these two blocks were also compared to find out whether any gap existed at each socio-economic status level.
Does Socio-Economic Status matter for Greater Political Participation of Women: A Comparative Study between Australia and Bangladesh in Light of the Modernization Theory?
