Paper short abstract:

Transmigration adopted by the Gujjar- Bakerwal nomadic pastoral communities, posed challenges before their children in attending schools while the mobile schools in the process are termed to be coping mechanism helping to promote their educational aspirations in Jammu and Kashmir State in India

Paper long abstract:

Formal education has assumed significance because it helps in attaining employment as well as it promotes skill enhancement suitable to livelihood systems adopted. However, to what extent the provisions governing the policies and programmes introduced improving educational status, is better understood when mitigated the same collecting the material evidence participating among such situations and among the effected social groups. Thus, how the nomadic pastoral groups, such as the Gujjar-Bakerwals, in the Indian State of Jammu Kashmir in Himalayan ranges, who migrate to the peaks of mountain ranges along with their families in search of green pastures suitable for grazing and return to home land in plains during winter, cope up the challenges posed in their way of attaining education, is the central theme of presentation of this paper.

The mobile schools introduced by the state in the interest of the children belonging to those communities, is evolved into a coping mechanism in the process is another dimension added in the presentation in this regard. The case studies collected presenting on achieved personalities belonging to those communities occupying attractive government positions in the state as well as the other parts, points to the role of the mobile schools in making them, turning out to be a strategy in continuing education for them. Given this the paper brings out an all round dimensions covering socio-cultural and economic, geographic and Climatic aspects of Gujjar – Bakarwals surrounding the theme of the presentation.