• Anchal Singh

In the present study an attempt has been made to understand the rural-urban migration among semi-nomadic Gaddis for education and difference in educational status of migrated and non-migrated households of the study area i.e. district Kathua for the period 2016-17. The present study identifies education as the main reason behind rural-urban migration among semi-nomadic gaddis of the District Kathua. The study was conducted in Bani tehsil as majority of gaddi households are present in tehsil Bani. In the present study an attempt has been made to compare the educational status of migrated and non-migrated households. It has been found that the educational status of migrated households is much better than the non-migrated households. It has been also observed that the dropout rate among non-migrated households is much higher than the migrated households. This study gives out us some other findings responsible for rural urban migration such as lack of infrastructural facilities which are encouraging the people to migrate to urban areas for better facilities and future. In the study it is suggested that the sufficient schools with proper facilities and well-trained teachers should be provided in the rural areas so that the rate of rural urban migration can be checked. The information is gathered with the help of well framed questionnaire (primary Data is used). The questions were kept simple and straight to the point to save cost, time and to maintain the cooperation and goodwill of the respondents.

rural, urban, migration, education, social status, Kathua, Semi-nomadic, Gaddis, Scheduled tribe,

"Rural urban migration among semi-nomadic Gaddis for education and difference in educational status of migrated and non-migrated households: A case study of district Kathua (J&K).", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.969-973, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808144.pdf

"Rural urban migration among semi-nomadic Gaddis for education and difference in educational status of migrated and non-migrated households: A case study of district Kathua (J&K).", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp969-973, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808144.pdf