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 the Scheduled cast Scheduled tribe, other backward class, and minorities in difficult areas. Initially, it runs as a separate scheme but was merged with the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan with effect from 1st April 2007. With the RTE Act, 2009 coming into force with effect from 1st April 2010, and the Sarva Shiksha framework of Implementation being revised to correspond to the RTE Act, the KGBV component of Sarva Shiksha is also being implemented in the overall context of child rights and child entitlements and in harmony with spirit and stipulations of the Act.
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.
KGBV in GujaratIn 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.
Details of enrolment of the girls in KGBVs :
KGBV Type |
Std |
GoI |
GoG |
|
Total Enrolment |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
School with hostel |
Hostel |
Total GoI |
School with hostel |
Hostel |
Total GoG+GoI |
||||
Type 1 |
6 to 8 |
24 |
8 |
32 |
0 |
35 |
67 |
4425 |
|
Type 2 |
6 to 10 |
33 |
14 |
47 |
0 |
40 |
87 |
9525 |
|
Type 3 |
6 to 12 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
1400 |
|
Type 4 |
9 to 12 |
0 |
76 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
76 |
7600 |
|
Total |
|
67 |
98 |
165 |
0 |
75 |
240 |
22950 |
Academic Activities:
Extra-curricular Activities:
Health records maintained and general health status of the girls:
Girls residing in KGBV often face emotional, social and psychological pressure as they are away from their family members. KGBV girls are coming from underprivilge areas facing several problems and social issues in their home. Many times they are not able to cope up with all these issues hence feel depression which ultimately affect their studies.
To overcome the stress and pressure and to provide proper guidance to all the KGBV girls as well as KGBV staff, Samagra Shiksha Gujarat has planned to provide counselling services to them. In 2019-20 Samagra Shiksha Gujarat has signed MoU with Gujarat Vidyapith to provide counselling services to all the KGBVs.
According to MoU, Gujrat Vidyapith will prepare training module and give training to all KGBV staff, counsellors will visit the KGBVs regularly and give special counselling to individual girl based on psycho- social and emotional need.
For running the KGBVs effectively, teachers and wardens are given training at regular intervals. Below are the details of the training imparted during the year 2018-19.
Type of training |
Training Content |
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Cluster/Block level training Full-time teachers and Warden Cum headteacher participated |
Subject wise content-related training incorporates with In-service teacher training |
State-level training KGBV CRC coordinator and Warden cum headteacher |
KGBV administrative, safety and security and managerial training |
Zonal level training KGBV Full time and Part-time teachers |
Subject wise content hard spot training (as per result of State level Evaluation like Gunotsav) by SRG members and Pedagogy co. of districts |
State-level training of District Gender Coordinators and Warden Cum headteachers. |
Sensitization Program for teachers/wardens on special needs of students of KGBVs in SCs, STs and Minorities concentrated blocks. Build up the capacity of teachers/wardens on various strategies in the implementation of inclusive education in KGBVs. |
State-level training of District Gender Coordinators Training by Cascade Manner |
Menstrual hygiene management by Menstrupedia Organization Ahmedabad. |
District/KGBV Level |
Carrier guidance seminar for std.9&10 girls and Warden cum headteacher |
District/KGBV Level |
Mentoring and Adolescent Program for std.9 & 10 girls and Warden cum headteacher |
State-level training of District Gender Coordinators |
Shala Swachhata Action plan |
District/KGBV Level |
Training and counselling of girls and teachers for safety and Security through the Child Protection department of the district. |