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Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) is a scheme launched in July 2004, for setting
up residential schools at upper primary level for girls belonging predominantly
to the SC, ST, OBC and minority communities. The scheme is being implemented in
educationally backward blocks of the country where the female rural literacy is
below the national average and gender gap in literacy is above the national average.
The scheme provides for a minimum reservation of 75% of the seats for girls belonging
to SC, ST, OBC or minority communities and priority for the remaining 25%, is accorded
to girls from families below poverty line.
The scheme is being implemented in 27 States/UTs namely: Assam, Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura,
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. 2578 KGBVs were sanctioned by Government
of India till date. Of these, 427 KGBVs have been sanctioned in Muslim concentration
blocks, 612 in ST blocks, 688 in SC blocks. As on 31st January, 2009, 2423 KGBVs
are reported to be functional (i.e. 94%) in the States and 1,90,404 girls enrolled
in them (50,630 SC girls (27%); 58,682 ST girls (31%); 50,161 OBC girls (26%); 18,206
BPL girls (9%); 12,725 Minority girls (7%). Out of the total 2578 sanctioned KGBVs,
547 KGBVs have been constructed + 1262 are in progress and 769 have not been started.
The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya scheme is merged with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
in the XIth Plan with effect from 1st April, 2007.
National Evaluation of KGBV
The National Evaluation of
the KGBV scheme was undertaken between 29th January to 20th February 2008 in 12
States of Gujarat, Jharkhand, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal
Pradesh and Orissa, with 12 independent experts in girls education and another joint
Evaluation of NPEGEL & KGBV scheme was also undertaken between 19th November to
14th December, 2007 in States of Assam, Manipur, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Haryana,
Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Mizoram, Tripura and
Dadar & Nagar Haveli.