Impact Factor: 2.1506 (UIF) “Problems of Scheduled Caste Students in Pre-University (PU) Colleges: A Sociological Study of Koppal District”

Equality of opportunity has become the dominate factor in education debate and policy. The religion and caste factor are playing an Important role in Socio-Economic political, religious and educational aspects in India. The Indian Government too has denied the claims of equivalence between caste and racial discrimination, pointing out that the issues of social states is essentially intra racial and intra-cultural. The view of the caste system as “Static and unchanging ” has also been disputed the history of categorizing some castes as scheduled castes commenced with the Government of India Act, 1935. Most of these castes were known as untouchable in the context of the Hindu Social structure thus, the scheduled caste category initially comprised castes that were isolated and dissolvent get by their untouchability there low status in the traditional Hindu caste hierarchy. Which exposed them to problems of life characterized by a blatant deprivation of opportunities