Raj-PAHAL - Education Programme for Nomadic and Migrant Families
**Objective:** Ensure educational access for children from nomadic and migrant families who are often excluded from mainstream schooling. **Key Features:** - 'School on Wheels' mobile education units travelling to nomadic settlements - Temporary education camps at seasonal migration sites - Digital mentoring and career guidance for out-of-school children - Special bridge courses to integrate children into mainstream schooling - Focus on children of construction workers, brick kiln workers, and pastoral communities **Beneficiaries:** Children from nomadic, semi-nomadic, and migrant worker families across Rajasthan. **Implementing Agency:** Rajasthan Department of School Education. **Announced:** Rajasthan Budget 2026-27 (February 11, 2026).
- Raj-PAHAL provides educational access for children from nomadic and migrant families through 'School on Wheels' mobile education units.
- Features temporary education camps at seasonal migration sites and digital mentoring for out-of-school children.
- Special bridge courses designed to integrate children into mainstream schooling.
- Targets children of construction workers, brick kiln workers, and pastoral communities.
- Complemented by Vanjal Programme for a school and women's hostel in every district.
- Announced in Rajasthan Budget 2026-27 (February 11, 2026), implemented by Rajasthan Department of School Education.
What is Raj-PAHAL?
Raj-PAHAL is an Education Programme for Nomadic and Migrant Families announced in Rajasthan Budget 2026-27 on February 11, 2026, to ensure educational access for children from nomadic and migrant families who are often excluded from mainstream schooling.
What is 'School on Wheels' under Raj-PAHAL?
Under Raj-PAHAL, 'School on Wheels' is a fleet of mobile education units that travel to nomadic settlements in Rajasthan to deliver schooling at the doorstep of children who would otherwise be left out of classrooms.
How does Raj-PAHAL serve seasonal migrants?
Raj-PAHAL sets up temporary education camps at seasonal migration sites and offers digital mentoring and career guidance to out-of-school children, ensuring continuity in learning during family migration cycles.
How are children reintegrated into mainstream schools under Raj-PAHAL?
Raj-PAHAL offers special bridge courses to help children from nomadic and migrant families catch up academically and integrate smoothly into mainstream schooling in Rajasthan.
Which communities does Raj-PAHAL focus on?
Raj-PAHAL focuses on children of construction workers, brick kiln workers, and pastoral communities, and is complemented by the Vanjal Programme which provides a school and women's hostel in every district.
Who implements Raj-PAHAL?
Raj-PAHAL is implemented by the Rajasthan Department of School Education and benefits children from nomadic, semi-nomadic, and migrant worker families across Rajasthan.
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