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 - Complemented by Vanjal Programme for school and women's hostel in every district **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).

**उद्देश्य:** खानाबदोश और प्रवासी परिवारों के बच्चों के लिए शैक्षिक पहुंच सुनिश्चित करना जो अक्सर मुख्यधारा की स्कूली शिक्षा से बाहर रहते हैं। **प्रमुख विशेषताएं:** - खानाबदोश बस्तियों तक पहुंचने वाली 'स्कूल ऑन व्हील्स' मोबाइल शिक्षा इकाइयां - मौसमी प्रवास स्थलों पर अस्थायी शिक्षा शिविर - स्कूल से बाहर बच्चों के लिए डिजिटल मार्गदर्शन और करियर गाइडेंस - बच्चों को मुख्यधारा की स्कूली शिक्षा में एकीकृत करने के लिए विशेष ब्रिज कोर्स - निर्माण श्रमिकों, ईंट भट्ठा श्रमिकों और चरवाहा समुदायों के बच्चों पर ध्यान - वंजल कार्यक्रम (प्रत्येक जिले में स्कूल और महिला छात्रावास) से पूरक **लाभार्थी:** राजस्थान भर में खानाबदोश, अर्ध-खानाबदोश और प्रवासी कामगार परिवारों के बच्चे। **कार्यान्वयन एजेंसी:** राजस्थान विद्यालय शिक्षा विभाग। **घोषणा:** राजस्थान बजट 2026-27 (11 फरवरी, 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.