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Education is the process of acquiring knowledge that leads to a flourishing present and secure future. To develop an egalitarian society, the educational system plays a vital role to equip children to their best. Many children are still excluded from the educational system. They cannot actively participate in the economic, social, political and cultural life of their communities. People, who are marginalized from society, may be ignored, excluded or neglected in social, economic, political and legal contexts, making them vulnerable. Marginality is humiliating for both physical and economic security, as well as for human dignity. Various initiatives and efforts have been made to realize the concept of education for all. Hence, the exclusion is still in our education system. There is a need to draw more attention to the deprived sections for focusing their educational status. The New Educational Policy (NEP) 2020 highlights the educational status of the deprived children. It is India’s third policy which replaces the National Policy on Education (NPE) 1986. NEP 2020 aims to make India global knowledge superpower while maintaining equity and inclusion has highlighted the structural shift in the educational system. Lots of factors including lack of access to quality schools, poverty, social mores and customs and language have had a harmful effect on the enrolment rate and retention of the scheduled caste. NEP 2020 mentioned that, filling these gaps in access, participation and learning outcomes of children belonging to scheduled caste will continue to be one of the major goals. Other Backward Classes which have been identified on the basis of historically having a low level of social change and educational backward also required special attention. The proposal to establish Special Educational Zones (SEZs) in regions with a significant population belonging to socio economically disadvantaged groups is one of the NEP’S standout recommendations. The main goal is to spread education in India’s most remote areas. This will be fulfilled by enhancing resources and aligning multiple schemes and programs of the center and states to transform these backward regions. Educational status of the marginalized people through the lens of NEP 2020 is the main objective of this paper. The data were collected from the various sources like UGC care list journals, books, Newspapers, Government Gazettes etc. The information from these sources was compile category wise.