A micro level analysis of educational deprivation among the social groups of Kasargod district, Kerala, India within the human development framework

The present article is based on an investigation into the educational deprivation among social groups of Kerala. It is a micro level study executed within the human development framework. The study mainly examined the enabling environment for education in the study area. Regional Human Development Enabling Index (RHDEI) and Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) are used to explore the inter-group variations in the incidence of educational deprivation in the study area. The sample size of the study consists of 120 households, which belong to different social groups such as SC, ST, OBC and General. The findings of the study reveal the disparity in educational attainment among different social groups in Kerala, which are placed top in the ladder of human development among other states of India.