Subject(s): Schooling of dalit -- social transformation -- Identification of dalits -- Dalit assertion -- Education of Dalit in India: Historical overview -- Schooling system and Dalit children -- Direct monetary liability -- Abject Poverty -- Dalit education and state responsibility -- Illiteracy -- Drop-out rate -- Economic conditions of Dalit students -- Education and identity formation -- Caste wise break up -- Debate: development and Dalit society -- Mandal commission and Dalit movements -- Social mobility -- Socio-cultural values and dalit in higher education -- Socio-structural variants -- Social policy and social transformation -- British raj -- Casteism -- Administrative share in public service -- Menial occupations -- Land reforms and distribution