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As Gandhiji stated that the education should bring in an all-round development of the child by drawing out of the best in child�s � body, mind and spirit regardless of the child�s ability of being excellent, moderate or average in their capacities of learning. Education is turned as one of the basic need and right of an individual. Within the Indian states, Kerala has the highest literacy rate of 93.91%.However the state that prides itself on having one of the best educational systems in the country falls back in providing quality education giving priority to the needs of the students, this is because the state does not put forward an educational system that provides equal attention to all its students even though the curriculum specifies some. The scholastically backward students are neglected considering them as mentally retarded. Hence the main objective of the study is to understand the psychological status of scholastically backward students. The sample selected for the study is fifty three higher secondary students of Government Tribal Higher Secondary School, Sholayoor, Palakkad. The samples were selected on a multistage basis by conducting pre-test in order to identify the slow learners. The data is collected from the students through a structured questionnaire. The results of the study indicated that they like to come to the frontier areas of society however family, parents ,teachers and peers attitude hinder them from the same. A detailed explanation of their state is being discussed in the article