Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya | |
---|---|
Country | India |
Ministry | Government of India |
Launched | July 2004 |
The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya or KGBV is a residential girls’ secondary school run by the Government of India for the weaker sections in India.
History
The plan was introduced by the Government of India in August 2004. It was then integrated into the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan program, to provide educational facilities for girls belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, minority communities and families below the poverty line in Educationally Backward Blocks.[1]
Objective
Gender disparities still persist in rural areas and among disadvantaged communities. Looking at enrolment trends, there remain significant gaps in the enrollment of girls at the elementary level as compared to boys, especially at the upper primary levels. The objective of KGBV is to ensure that quality education is feasible and accessible to the girls of disadvantaged groups of society by setting up residential schools with boarding facilities at elementary level.[1]
Eligibility
The scheme was applicable since its inception in 2004, in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) where the rural female literacy is below the national average (46.13%: Census 2001) and the gender gap in literacy is more than the national average (21.59%: Census 2001). Among these blocks, schools may be set up in areas with:
- concentration of tribal population, with low female literacy and/or many girls out of school
- concentration of SC, ST, OBC and minority populations, with low female literacy and/or many girls out of school
- areas with low female literacy
- areas with many small, scattered habitations that do not qualify for a school
The criteria of eligible blocks has been revised with effect from 1 April 2008 to include the following:
- An additional 316 Educationally backward blocks with rural female literacy below 30%.
- 94 Towns/cities having minority concentration (as per the list identified by Ministry of Minority Affairs) with female literacy rate below the national average (53.67%: Census 2001).
Coverage
The scheme has been implemented in 28 states and union territories:
Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.[2]
2,578 KGBVs were sanctioned by the Government of India.[3] Of these, 427 KGBVs have been sanctioned in Muslim concentration blocks, 612 in ST blocks, 688 in SC blocks. A total of 750 residential schools have been opened in educational backward blocks. 75% enrollment is reserved for girls from SC, ST, OBC and Minority communities and the other 25% to girls from families below the poverty line.
References
- ^ a b Revised Guidelines for Implementation of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBVs) Archived 2012-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhayalaya (KGBV) Scheme detail
- ^ 2013
External links
- Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
- [1]
- v
- t
- e
- List of schemes
- Welfare schemes for women
- Poverty alleviation programmes
- Subsidies
- Social security
- Food security
- Antyodaya Anna
- Atal Pension
- Ayushman Bharat
- Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
- Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya
- Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya
- Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti
- Direct Benefit Transfer
- DigiLocker
- Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan
- Heritage City Development and Augmentation
- Integrated Child Development Services
- Income declaration
- JAM Yojana
- Khelo India
- Pravasi Suraksha
- Midday Meal Scheme
- Local Area Development
- National Infrastructure Pipeline
- National Pension System
- National Social Assistance Scheme
- National Service Scheme
- Post Office Passport
- Farmer Income Protection Scheme (PM AASHA)
- Adarsh Gram
- Gramin Awaas
- Awas
- Digital Health Mission
- Gram Sadak
- Jan Dhan
- Krishi Sinchai
- Matsya Sampada
- Matritva Vandana
- Shram Yogi Mandhan
- Ujjwala
- Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi
- Garib Kalyan
- Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
- Jeevan Jyoti Bima
- Kisan Samman Nidhi
- Suraksha Bima
- Sansad Adarsh Gram
- Saubhagya
- Soil Health Card
- UDAN
- Ujwal DISCOM Assurance
- Unnat Jeevan
- Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
- Indradhanush
- Education
- Climate Resilient Agriculture
- Manuscripts
- Health
- Solar
- Translation
- Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas
- Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
- Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan
- Remunerative Approach for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation
- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
- Smart Cities Mission
- TB-Mission 2020
- Aadhaar
- Business identification
- Passport
- Permanent account
- Ration card
- Unorganised Workers
- Voters
- AP
- TG
- GJ
- MP
- MH
- OR
- RJ
- UP
- Global Investors Summit
- TN