Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya

Description:

Gender disparities still persist in rural areas and among disadvantaged communities. Looking at enrolment trends, there remain significant gaps in the enrolment of girls at the elementary level as compared to boys, especially at the upper primary levels. The objective of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya is to ensure access and quality education to the girls of disadvantaged groups of society by setting up residential schools at upper primary level

Beneficiaries:

individual

Benefit Type:

Education

Eligibility Criteria:

Girls belonging predominantly to the Scheduled caste,Scheduled Tribes,Other Backward Class and minorities in difficult areas.

How to Avail:

Any residential schools at upper primary level for girls belonging predominantly to the Scheduled caste,Scheduled Tribes,Other Backward Class and minorities in difficult areas.Such residential schools will be set up only in those backward blocks that do not have residential schools at upper primary level for girls