Utilization of Financial Assistance by Tribal Students

Abstract

I t e 'Government of India, the State governments and the Union Territory administrations have been, as a part of their general programmes of educational development of the tribes, spending a considerable amount of money to give various types of financial assistance to tribal students. Naturally they would he anxious to know how fat the assistance is being utilized for the purpose for which it is given. It is the general impression that the funds -allocated are not being properly utilized, that the recipients do not spend the amount of financial assistance on educational purposes, and that there are many lacunae in the schemes. In order to have a thorough study of these and other allied aspects of the financial assistance given by the governments to tribal students, the present study was undertaken.