The court also directed the state to give details of facilties in the schools in the tribal areas.
The directions in this regard were issued by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice P R Ramachandra Menon.
The suo motu proceedings were launched while considering letters sent by one Mahesh Ramakrishnan and students of government tribal school, Echippara, Thrissur complaining lack of school for tribal chidlren and plantation workers.