South Asian Nomads - A Literature Review

In the context of India, most recent work has focused on access to the education system for the poor. This monograph focuses on nomadic communities and offers insights into how educational access can best be widened in a culturally sensitive manner. The monograph attempts to understand nomadism, and explores how their basic education needs can be addressed. It attempts to map the scale and location of nomadic populations likely to be excluded from normal school provision and identifies and comments on different approaches to the education of the children of nomads adopted by governments, NGOs and the communities themselves. It also encapsulates the findings of the most significant analytic studies into meeting the educational needs of nomads in the general context of EFA and the MDGs. It identifies successful strategies for different groups, points out research gaps in existing literature, and proposes a refinement of research approaches through a greater understanding of nomadism.