Education is the only tool which brings changes in society, alleviates the society and reduces poverty permanently. There are various segments of the society that are marginalized as far as education is concerned like SC, ST and female. It has been established in various studies that minimum secondary level education is must to achieve the upliftment of the society. Poverty is one of the biggest problems in our nation. Today employment generation programmes are the only strategy to reduce poverty, but it is only a temporary solution. Education is the only way out to reduce poverty permanently. But at the same time poverty does not allow parents to retain their children in school. Children are assets in poverty so it is more profitable to send their children to farm fields or engage with any earning activity rather than send them to school. This paper analyses the relationship between level of education and poverty. It investigates the effects of poverty on education. The paper examines the effects of poverty among various marginalized segments of societies like SC, ST, Girls etc. The paper establishes the relationship between Drop Out Ratio and poverty. Finally the paper suggests a targeted intervention scheme to reduce Drop Out and create a permanent dent on poverty.

Keywords: poverty, Upliftment of the Society, Drop out Ratio, Intervention Scheme.