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Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya:

The Government of India launched a scheme called Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) in August 2004 to provide educational facilities for the dropout and never enrolled girl children between the age group 10-14 years belonging to SC/ST/OBC and Minority communities and families below the poverty line in educationally backward blocks. 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 and merged with SSA programme from XIth five-year plan i.e. 1st April, 2007. This very important programme is formulated for promoting status of girls’ education at the upper primary stage for the girls belonging predominantly to SC, ST, OBC and Minority communities in the educationally backwards blocks. The scheme is subsequently enlarged and extended further to cover the Educationally Backward Blocks that have rural female literacy below 30%. In this scheme, there is provision for residential facility and other academic support to be provided to the girl students enrolled mainly from the dropped-out section in the areas concerned.

In Tripura, the KGBV scheme was introduced in the year 2005-06 primarily in 2 EB blocks in Dhalai district having domination of Tribal population. Subsequently, the scheme was implemented in all 9 educationally backwards blocks located in North, Dhalai and South Tripura (now Gomati) districts. At the very beginning, the scheme was started with 20 ST girl children (mostly dropped out). Later on, the intake capacity of all the KGBV hostels was increased from 20 to 50. Subsequently, in January, 2009 the capacity of each KGBV hostels was enhanced to 100 from 50. The newly inaugurated KGBV hostels in Dasda under North Tripura and Ganganagar in Dhalai District respectively are running with 50 students each. The main objective of this innovative scheme is to ensure elementary educational facility to the backward and dropped-out girl children put in difficult circumstances in the society and prevent them from further dropping out of schooling system. At the same time, the scheme ultimately envisages to impart quality education to these helpless backward children so that they can stand on their own and lead a prestigious life in the society.

District and block wise list of KGBV hostels: District Sl.

No. Block Year of Estd. Name of school Present

Students

Dhalai 1 Dumburnagar 2005-06 Durbajoy Choudhury Para High 100 2 Chawmanu 2005-06 Hezacharra High 100 3 Ganganagar 2010-11 Ganganagar High 50

North Tripura

4 Damcherra 2006-07 Paiza Govt. High 100

5 Dasda 2011-12 Barcherra High 50

South 6 Ampi Nagar 2006-07 Haripur High 100

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Tripura

(now Gomati)

7 Karbook 2006-07 Patichari High 100

8 Rupaichari 2006-07 Hezachari High 100

9 Killa 2006-07 Laxmanpara High 100

Facilities Provided in KGBV hostels: -

Complete residential facilities. Provision of Stipend. Life Skill development works like weaving, sewing, bamboo & cane crafts etc. Educational Exposure Tour both inside and outside State. Provision of Library books for all students. Self Defence Training (Judo) for all girls. Computer facility. Provision of complete school uniform (including shoes and winter garments) for

all students. Common school uniform and identity cards for all girls. Facility of electricity. Organizing of sports and cultural programmes in participation of all students on

the occasions of National Days. Solar photovoltaic power facility in Laxmanpara High School Hostel. From the year 2014-15 one uniform weekly menu chart has been introduced.

Self defense training programme of KGBV girls’

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Apart from this, for overall development of the girls following initiatives are taken:

Monthly Health checkups are being organized in KGBVs in collaboration with Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt. of Tripura.

Organizing Adolescence Training Programme for the girls in collaboration with National Health Mission.

To keep the girls mentally and physically fit, Yoga sessions are conducted in KGBVs.

Personality development sessions are taken by the state and district level officers/ coordinators.

The girls are involved in gardening and planting vegetables in the hostel premises. The girls are also involved in various civic activities.

Rationing facility is being provided to the KGBV girls’ as per PDS rate. Special attention is given for improvement in academic performance of the

girls’. Monthly evaluation is done in the hostels by the warden and the part time teachers. Yearly result analysis is done on regular basis and appropriate corrective measures are taken including remedial coaching.

Training is being imparted to the teachers of KGBV at BRC/CRC level for providing quality education to the girls.

Ensuring the admission of class VIII pass out girls in class IX, in the school having hostel facility.

The KGBV girls participate in District and state level sports and cultural programmes. This is useful in development of aesthetic values among them.

Regular and continuous monitoring is done by SSA functionaries. Each state coordinator is given responsibility of one KGBV, who will look after the overall development of the girls’.

Monthly Health checkups conducted for KGBV girls’

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Year-wise approved outlay, release, utilization and balance of fund under KGBV: 2004-05 to 2015-16 [In lakh rupees]

Year Approved Outlay

Fund Released Expenditure Incurred Balance

Central State DoNER Total

2004-05 43.40 16.27 5.42 0.00 21.69 21.69 0.00

2005-06 175.20 16.27 2.17 3.25 21.69 21.69 0.00

2006-07 175.20 131.40 17.52 26.28 175.20 175.20 0.00

2007-08 35.83 32.25 3.58 0.00 35.83 35.83 0.00

2008-09 91.35 82.21 9.14 0.00 91.35 91.35 0.00

2009-10 91.32 91.32 0.00 0.00 91.32 91.32 0.00

2010-11 249.13 224.22 24.91 0.00 249.13 249.13 0.00

2011-12 373.93 336.53 37.39 0.00 373.93 373.93 0.00

2012-13 204.36 204.36 0.00 0.00 204.36 204.36 0.00

2013-14 210.36 210.36 0.00 0.00 210.36 210.36 0.00

2014-15 297.67 297.67 0.00 0.00 297.67 297.67 0.00

2015-16 290.67 290.67 0.00 0.00 290.67 290.67 0.00

Grand Total 2238.42 1933.53 100.13 29.53 2063.2 2063.2 0.0

Visit of high Officials of School Education Department

at Laxmanpara KGBV Hostel under Killa Block