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The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya or KGBV is a residential girls’
The scheme has been implemented in 28 states and union territories:
Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhayalaya (KGBV) Scheme detail
/ref> 2,578 KGBVs were sanctioned by the Government of India.2013
/ref> 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.
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kgbv Scheme Women's education in India Government schemes in India Memorials to Kasturba Gandhi Boarding schools in West Bengal 2004 establishments in West Bengal Educational institutions established in 2004
secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
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
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...
, Other Backward Classes, minority communities and families below the poverty line in Educationally Backward Blocks.Revised Guidelines for Implementation of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBVs)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.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
Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...
, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal./ref> 2,578 KGBVs were sanctioned by the Government of India.2013
/ref> 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.
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Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kgbv Scheme Women's education in India Government schemes in India Memorials to Kasturba Gandhi Boarding schools in West Bengal 2004 establishments in West Bengal Educational institutions established in 2004