(a) whether the Government is providing Boarding schools under Kasturba Gandhi Girls
Schools Scheme for the girl students from Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Other
Backward Castes (SC/ST/OBC) , Minority Communities and Below Poverty Line (BPL)
families in the educationally backward blocks;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the number of students provided such educational facilities during the last two years,
State/UT-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT
(DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)
(a) & (b) : Yes Madam. Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) were sanctioned
under the erstwhile Sarva Shikha Abhiyan (SSA) as residential schools at upper primary level
for girls belonging to disadvantaged groups such as SC, ST, OBC, Minority and Below
Poverty Line (BPL). The KGBVs are set up in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) of a
State/UT where the female rural literacy rate is below the national average.
Under the newly launched Integrated Scheme of School Education namely Samagra Shiksha,
effective from the year 2018-19, provision has been made to upgrade the existing KGBVs at
upper primary level to upto senior secondary level. The scheme envisages to provide access
and quality education to girls from disadvantaged groups by setting up residential schools
from upper primary to senior secondary level and to ensure smooth transition of girls from
elementary to secondary and up to class XII wherever possible.
(c): The number of students provided such educational facilities during the last two years,
State/UT-wise is at Annexure.
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