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The present study has been undertaken to analyse the awareness about the different dimension such as Concept of RTE Act., Provision of RTE Act., Norms and Standards of RTE Act., Responsibility of Teachers, Parents and SMC of Right to Education Act among teachers of tribal areas of Odisha. In this study, the investigator used a survey method by which Kandhamal District in Odisha was taken as a population. Out of 12 blocks in Kandhamal District, 04 blocks were selected randomly. From each blocks 10 elementary schools were selected. 220 teachers were involved in this study. Self developed Awareness test for teachers was used for the collection of data. Data were analyzed with the help of statistical techniques like Mean, SD, t-test and f-test. The result of the study showed that, the mean scores of the male elementary school teachers are high in all dimensions except the dimension of Provision. This reveals that male teachers are more aware about the RTE Act in three dimensions namely Concept, Norms and Responsibility of Teachers, Parents and SMC members, but female teachers are more aware about RTE Act in the dimension of Provision