Case of Scheduled Castes in Higher Education Suma Chitnis The effort to educate the Scheduled Castes may be viewed as part of a two-pronged attempt to improve their status. Laws against untouchability and against discrimination by caste and the reserve' tion of seats in educational institutions and jobs are, between them, expected to clear the ground for the equality of the Scheduled Castes. Education is expected to clear the ground for the quality of the Scheduled Castes. Education is expected to equip them to occupy the ground thus cleared.
