CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS BY THE STATE AND SCHEDULED TRIBE EDUCATION UNDER NEP 2020

India has a tribal population of about 104 million people, accounting for 8.6% of the country's total population. There are more than 461 tribal communities in India, each with their own culture, religion, language, social practises, and professions, and they are dispersed across the country's states and union territories. Scheduled Tribes, like Scheduled Castes, are the most socially, economically, and educationally poor, marginalized, and excluded people in our society. In India, the societal discrimination against scheduled tribes has a long history. Though for tribal people the government has made certain Safeguards for their upliftment in different aspect of life still their literacy rate is very low in the nation .So for the education of tribal government of India has made certain policies generally but particularly educational policies from time to time NEP 2020 is one of them. NEP 2020 has made certain provisions for Scheduled Tribe for various level of education. The purpose of this investigation is to learn about constitutional Safeguards in general and NEP 2020 for tribal education in particular for their upliftment, in the form of developmental policies, schemes, acts, constitutional safeguards, and other measures taken by the Indian government.