The general term underprivileged society is applied to a large number of social groups, in fact to a majority of the human race. It is used to refer to ethnic, religious, cultural, social, political and been forcefully deprived of their heritage by the actions of a been forcefully deprived of their heritage by the actions of a economic groups. It is employed with reference to small minorities, regional linguistic groups, and even to nations as a whole. The same term is used to denote both primitive tribal communities which have remained isolated from the mainstream of modern civilization and communities which have been forcefully deprived of their heritage by the actions of a powerful adversary from within or outside their society. There is a need to know about the educational status and academic achievement of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. It was found that majority of the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe people are illiterates and among the literates, majority has minimal educational attainment. It was further found that throughout all the three generations of the scheduled castes, illiteracy is high. Among the fourth generation of scheduled castes it was observed that now their educational standards have been upgraded and they are able to acquire better positions in the society along with the others. Many underprivileged learners have the capability but situations and lack of facilities made them the weaker personalities in the society.