In the present study an attempt has been made to investigate the self-concept and academic achievement of tribal students with respect to gender and parental education. The investigator finds that the tribal students with better self-concept to achieve high in school i.e. the academic achievement of tribal students is certainly influenced by psychological factor of self-concept. Though the tribal are the sons of the same soil and the citizens of the same country, they born and grow as the children of the nature. The study was carried out on a sample of 315 tribal students in udumalpet taluk, Tamil Nadu