KASTURBA GANDHI BALIKA VIDYALAYA
There is a disparity in the economic, social and schooling opportunities available to boys and girls. Gender disparities in schooling are largely caused by parental discrimination against the girl child. The schemes involving scholarships or free education for girl children are likely to work well in narrowing the gender gap.
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan aims at increasing enrolment and reducing the dropout rate especially amongst girls. It seeks to eliminate gender disparities in schooling.
The scheme was applicable since inception in 2004, in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) where the rural female literacy is below the national average (46.13%: Census 2001) and gender gap in literacy is more than the national average (21.59%: Census 2001). Among these blocks, schools may be set up in areas for.
Concentration of tribal population, with low female literacy and/or a large number of girls out of school concentration of SC, OBC and minority populations, with low female literacy and/or a large number of girls out of school areas with low female literacy or areas with a large number of small, scattered habitations that do not qualify for a school.
Objectives of KGBVs
The objective of KGBV is to ensure access and quality education to the girls of disadvantaged groups of society by setting up residential schools with boarding facilities at elementary level.
- To facilitate quality education to the dropout girl children.
- To provide guarantee for education of girls belonging deprived group
- To accommodate for education of child labour girls identified during drives
KASTURBA GANDHI BALIKA VIDYALAYA
There is a disparity in the economic, social and schooling opportunities available to boys and girls. Gender disparities in schooling are largely caused by parental discrimination against the girl child. The schemes involving scholarships or free education for girl children are likely to work well in narrowing the gender gap.
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan aims at increasing enrolment and reducing the dropout rate especially amongst girls. It seeks to eliminate gender disparities in schooling.
The scheme was applicable since inception in 2004, in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) where the rural female literacy is below the national average (46.13%: Census 2001) and gender gap in literacy is more than the national average (21.59%: Census 2001). Among these blocks, schools may be set up in areas for.
Concentration of tribal population, with low female literacy and/or a large number of girls out of school concentration of SC, OBC and minority populations, with low female literacy and/or a large number of girls out of school areas with low female literacy or areas with a large number of small, scattered habitations that do not qualify for a school.
Objectives of KGBVs
The objective of KGBV is to ensure access and quality education to the girls of disadvantaged groups of society by setting up residential schools with boarding facilities at elementary level.
- To facilitate quality education to the dropout girl children.
- To provide guarantee for education of girls belonging deprived group
- To accommodate for education of child labour girls identified during drives
