hyderabad an associate professor in the centre for regional studies crs at university of hyderabad uoh has published his 3rd book titled community participation education and tribes comparisons of states and communities by icssr new delhi in association with manak publicationsthis book is an outcome of v srinivasa raos research projects sponsored by the icssr new delhi icssr is going to release this book in their golden jubilee celebrations to be held on may 13 2019 at new delhi by inviting the vicepresident of indiathis volume examines the concept of community participation in education across states ie andhra pradesh kerala and communities ie tribal and nontribal community participation has emerged as the best practice in education to achieve universal enrolment while improving the quality and relevance of teaching and learningthe empirical data presented in the sixth chapter on the participation of scheduled tribes in schoolrelated activities in andhra pradesh and kerala reveals that their understanding of community ownership over schools is not so impressive across the states the empirical data presented in the seventh chapter reveals that the tribal community are little backward in terms of community ownership of schools while comparing with nontribal communities in andhra pradesh