Open AccessEducation as a Tool of Change Among Gujjars: A Case Study Pulwama
Author(s) -
Syed Damsaz Ali Andrabi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of culture and history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2332-5518
DOI - 10.5296/ijch.v3i2.10458
Subject(s) - functional illiteracy , prosperity , lagging , mediation , orthodoxy , intervention (counseling) , social change , field (mathematics) , economic growth , social science , sociology , political science , development economics , socioeconomics , psychology , history , law , medicine , economics , mathematics , archaeology , psychiatry , pure mathematics , pathology
Illiteracy is the social evil and can be removed through the appropriate system of education. Gujjars of district Pulwama are in social delima because they are lagging behind in the field of peace and prosperity. Their orthodoxy is the main hurdle in the way of progress. The community is lacking the trained working force. In the district they are among the backwards and same can be realized and marked because of their poor performance in the field of education. Because of lack advancements, their health conditions are very poor in comparison to national level. The standard rate of literary is below the normal level in both the sexes. The condition of women is very miserable. Proper change among them can be brought through proper intervention and mediation of religious preachers.