Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) scheme was launched by the Government of India in August 2004 for setting up residential schools at an upper primary level for girls belonging predominantly to
Under this Scheme, KGBVs are set up in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) where the female rural literacy is below the national average (i.e. below 46.13% as per census 2001) and the gender gap in literacy is above the national average of 21.59%. The scope of the scheme was enlarged to cover the Blocks that have rural female literacy below 30% and urban areas with more than the national female literacy (urban) of 53.67% as per the census 2001. This was again enlarged to cover all the educationally backward blocks with the rural female literacy of 46.13%. KGBVs are set up where more than 500 girls (10 to 14 years of age) are either out of school (drop out or never enrolled) or irregular attendance for more than 6 months.
75% of the targeted girls belong to a scheduled caste, scheduled tribes, minority communities, and other backward class communities and 25% of girls from the families of Below Poverty Line (BPL). Age-appropriate enrolment of the girls is done in class 6 to 8 according to their age and as prescribed in the RTE Act, 2009/ MHRD Guideline.The special training course has also been prescribed for a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 6 months or more than 6 months for the girls who were never been to school.
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KGBV in Gujarat :In Gujarat, at present, there is a total of 240KGBVs established under Samagra Shiksha. From Which165 KGBVs are run with the help of the GOI support and 75 run with the help of the GOG support.
