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The study focuses on the attitude of parents from tribal communities in West Bengal towards their daughters’ higher education, in terms of levels of education and socioeconomic status. The level of education is low among scheduled tribes of India due to a lack of education awareness. The aim of this study is to examine the attitude of tribal parents towards the higher education of their daughters in relation to levels of education. The study is based on quantitative data. The primary data was acquired from 400 parents, through a random sampling technique, from specific tribal areas in West Bengal. India is a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual country. People belonging to many religions, such as Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Christianity live in the country. This largest minority community has been converted to the lowest socio-economic stratum in post dependent India. They have lagged behind the Schedule Castes in many walks of life. They are educationally most backward, economically poor and politically a powerless community of the country in general and of West Bengal in particular.