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Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV)
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Background - Scope/Coverage of the Scheme
- Objective
- Strategies
- Components of the scheme
- Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
- State Support Group
- National Support Group
- Methodology
- Financial Norms
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Background -
Scope/Coverage of the Scheme
The scheme is applicable in those identified Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) where, as per census data of 2001, the rural female literacy is below the national average, i.e. 46.58% and gender gap in literacy is more than the national average i.e. 21.7%. Among these blocks, residential schools are to be set up in areas with:
- 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.
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Objective
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 as gender disparities still persist in rural areas and among disadvantaged communities.
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Strategies
495 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) will be opened in a phased manner.
Such residential schools will be set up only in those backward blocks that do not have residential schools for elementary education of girls under any other scheme including that of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
In the state, all the KGBV centres follow the same strategy, which is to provide the enrolled girls with hostel facilities, remedial teaching and life skills. While they learn upper primary level education curriculum at formal schools during schools’ operation period, the KGBV centres provide them with remedial teachers who support them to cope with the learning at schools and also facilitate them to gain life skills, ranging from critical thinking skills to bicycle riding. The KGBV centres that are managed by Mahila Samakhya are following the same functioning structure with the Mahila Shikshan Kendra, residential bridge course programme of Mahila Samakhya. The girls are divided into three groups based on their academic achievement, and being supported by the teachers based on their levels, and they are provided with empowerment programme following Jagjagi manual, vocational training, karate practice, yoga etc, all of which try to aim the empowerment and development of the girls in holistic nature.
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Components of the scheme
- Setting up of residential schools where there are a minimum of 50 girls predominantly from the SC, ST and minority communities available to study in the school at the elementary level. The number can be more than 50 depending on the number of eligible girls.
- To provide necessary infrastructure for these schools
- To prepare and procure necessary teaching learning material and aids for the schools
- To put in place appropriate systems to provide necessary academic support and for evaluation and monitoring
- To motivate and prepare the girls and their families to send them to residential school
- At the primary level the emphasis will be on the slightly older girls who are out of school and were unable to complete primary schools (10+). However, in difficult areas (migratory populations, scattered habitations that do not qualify for primary/ upper primary schools) younger girls can also be targeted
- At the upper primary level, emphasis will be on girls, especially, adolescent girls who are unable to go to regular schools In view of the targeted nature of the scheme, 75% girls from SC, ST, OBC or minority communities would be accorded priority for enrolment in such residential schools and only thereafter, 25% girls from families below poverty line. Established NGOs and other non-profit making bodies will be involved in the running of the schools, wherever possible. These residential schools can also be adopted by the corporate groups. Separate guidelines are being issued in the matter
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Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
The scheme will be implemented by State Implementation Society i.e. “Bihar Shiksha Pariyojana Parishad” (BSPP). Funds will be released as per S.S.A. pattern to the district S.S.A. societies. The monitoring and evaluation at the State and district level will be undertaken by BSPP.
Training for teachers and staff at the residential schools will be coordinated by the District Institutes of Educational Training, Block Resource Centres and the Mahila Samakhya Resource Groups.
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State
Support Group
An Advisory State level coordination committee as approved under the NPEGEL scheme, shall provide direction and support to the programme. This group will consist of nominees from relevant State Government Departments, Government of India, experts in the field of girls education, educationists etc. The selection of an appropriate model of the school and its location would be done by this Committee based on the recommendation of the district committee implementing the NPEGEL and the new proposed scheme.
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National Support Group
- The National Resource Group (NRG) created under the Mahila Samakhya programme at the National level shall provide inputs on conceptual issues and concerns arising in the programme, and advice GOI on policy matters concerning the education of girls. This group will provide the interface with research and training institutions, women’s movement, educationists and non-Governmental institutions and also bring in other experiences of educating girls.
- Since the NRG, consists of a small number of persons and meets only two to three times in a year, smaller sub committees of the NRG created for specific inputs, like gender training of teachers, development of gender based teaching learning material, development of audio visual programmes etc. will co- opt additional persons from relevant institutions or experts for the purpose.
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Methodology
Based on the number of girls and the type of residential school to be provided, the selection of the model of the school to be selected would be done by a State Level Committee based on the recommendation of the District Committee for the purpose. The proposal shall be forwarded to the Cell at the National level who shall appraise them with the help of external agencies/consultants, where necessary. Finally, the Project Approval Board of SSA will approve these plans. The preferred models are as under:
Annexure-1(a) Model-III - Only hostel attached to existing school with effect from 1st April, 2008
Non - Recurring Costs:
Rupees in
LakhsS.No. Item of Expenditure Amount per School* 1 Construction of Building 30.10 Boundary wall 1.50 Boring/Hand pump (minimum rates prescribed by State Drinking Water Department subject to a ceiling of Rs.1.00 Lakhs) 1.00 Electricity 0.20 2 Furniture/Equipment including kitchen equipment 3.00 3 Teaching learning material and equipment including library books 3.50 4 Bedding 0.75 Total: 40.15
Recurring Costs:
Rupees in Lakhs S.No. Item of Expenditure Amount per School* 1 Maintenance per trainee per month @ Rs. 900 10.80 2 Stipend for trainees per month @ Rs. 50 0.60 3 Supplementary TLM, stationery and other educational material 0.60 4 Examination Fee 0.02 5 Salaries: 1 Warden
12.004 Part time teachers 2 Urdu teachers (only for blocks with Muslim population above 20% and select urban areas), if required 3 Part time teachers 1 Full time accountant 2 Support Staff (Accountant/Assistant/Peon/Chowkidar) 1 Head cook and 1 Asst. Cook for 50 girls and 2 Asst. cook for 100 girls 6 Vocational training/specific skill training 0.50 7 Electricity/water charges 0.60 8 Medical care/contingencies @ Rs. 750/- child 0.75 9 Maintenance 0.40 Miscellaneous 0.40 10 Preparatory camps 0.15 11 PTAs/School functions 0.15 12 Provision of Rent (8 months) 1.80 13 Capacity building 0.30 Total: 30.27 Grand Total: 70.32 -
Financial Norms
The S.S.A pattern of financing with a 75:25 ratio of sharing between the Centre and the States during the Tenth Five Year Plan. During the 11th plan period, the Central Government has prescribed the following revised funding pattern in respect of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan.
The funding pattern between the Central Government and State/UTs shall be in the ration of 65:35 for the first two years of the XIth plan i.e. 2007-08 and 2008-09; 60:40 for the third year i.e. 2009-10; 55:45 for the fourth year i.e. 2010-11; and 50:50 thereafter i.e. 2011-12 onwards.
The Government of India launched a scheme called Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) with the objective to ensure access and quality education to the girls of disadvantaged communities by setting up residential schools with boarding facilities at elementary level. In Bihar, till today, 385 KGBV centres have been set up since October 2005 and are functioning to serve the educational needs of approximately 35,938 girls from the disadvantaged communities.
The KGBV scheme is to be implemented in coordination with other existing schemes, and in Bihar, it is being implemented through the Mahila Samakhya (MS) Society in the districts where MS exists, and other districts by Bihar Education Project Council in collaboration with local NGOs/VSS.