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- 1. Girl child educationand NPE 2019 Dr.Nagaratna S Guest Lecturer in Dept.Of Education Smt. Veeramma Gangasiri Degree College and P.G. Center for Women, Kalaburagi
- 2. Introduction: “A girl isa gift of nature; educate her for bright future”. Education is an essential part of a living being, whether it’s a boy or a girl. Education helps an individual to be smarter, to learn new things and to know about the facts of the world. Education plays one of the most important roles in Women Empowerment. Education is the first step to give women the power to choose the way of life she wants to lead.
- 3. “Girls education isa way to developed nation”. According to Michelle Obama: “When girls are educated, their countries become stronger and more prosperous”. Women education is essential for the appropriate social and economic development of the country. Both men and women run parallel like two wheels in every society. Hence, both are significant components of growth and development of the country. Thus, both require equal opportunity when it comes to education.
- 4. Factors Responsible forLow Rate of Girl Education: Poverty Long Distance Negative attitude of the parents Lack of infrastructure in schools Religious factor Child marriage Child labour
- 5. Importance of Girl’seducation: • Girl’s education puts them in a good position, to chase after their dreams and fulfill it. • It is also a means to achieve gender equality. • It helps them to become responsible and influential members of society as they are able to take leadership positions. • When the girl child in society is educated, they are capable to take their own decisions about their lives. • It puts them as a bar set for bench-marking for the coming generations in terms of achievements and milestones they make in life.
- 6. Government Girl ChildSchemes in India • With the aim of changing the social attitude towards the girl children in India and uplifting their standing in society, a range of girl child schemes have been initiated across India. Such schemes may be broadly classified into two categories – Central Government Schemes and State Government Schemes. Central Government Schemes State Government Schemes Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Ladli Scheme of Haryana Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana Ladli Laxmi Yojana of Madhya Pradesh Balika Samriddhi Yojana Karnataka Bhagyashree Scheme CBSE Udaan Scheme Mazi Kanya Bhagyashree scheme from Govt. of Maharastra National Scheme of Inclusive to girls for secondary Education West Bengal Kanyashree Prakalpa Dhanalakshmi Scheme
- 7. Beti Bachao BetiPadhao: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao is a central government scheme for girl child, which is applicable throughout the country. The key objective of this scheme is to save the girl child from social ills such as gender- biased abortions and advance the education of girl children all over the country. Key objectives of this social welfare scheme for girl child include:: • Preventing gender-biased selective abortions • Ensuring survival and protection of girl child in infancy • Ensuring education and participation of the girl child
- 8. Karnataka Bhagyashree Scheme: BhagyashreeScheme is a Karnataka government scheme designed to promote the birth of girl child among families below the poverty line. The financial assistance to the girl child is provided some key criteria have been met. The girl child receives health insurance cover up to a maximum of Rs. 25,000 annually. The girl child receives an annual scholarship of Rs. 300 to Rs. 1000 up to class 10th.
- 9. Draft for girlseducation by NPE- 2019: Vision of NPE 2019 The National Education Policy 2019 envisions an India-centered education system that contributes directly to transforming our nation sustainably into an equitable and
- 10. Education of girlsas a cross-cutting theme To achieve gender equality in education, the Policy aims to integrate gender as a cross cutting priority for all aspects of policy implementation. Key efforts will include: 1.Partnerships with States and community organisations for girls’ education: The Government of India will develop a ‘Gender- Inclusion Fund’ to build the nation’s capacity to provide qualitative and equitable education for all girls, focusing on five pillars:
- 11. a. Ensuring 100%participation of girls in the schooling system and a high participation rate in higher education; b. Closing gender gaps in educational attainment at all levels; c. Changing mindsets and halting harmful practices to foster gender equity and inclusion; d. Inculcating girls’ capacity for leadership to help and develop current and future role models; and e. Improving dialogue with civil society to exchange best practices and lessons learned.
- 12. The fund willauthorize two funding streams – • 1.Formula Grants: This grants will be available to States to implement priorities determined by the central government critical for assisting women and girls in gaining access to education (such as the provision of sanitation and toilets, bicycles, conditional cash transfers etc.). • 2.Discretionary Grants: funds will enable States to support and scale effective community based interventions that address localized and context- specific barriers to girls’ access to and participation in quality education.
- 13. 2.Fostering women’s participationand leadership in education: • Resources will be made available to increase the number of women in positions of leadership in schools, including but not limited to institutional heads, teachers, hostel wardens, health workers, security guards, and sports instructors. • To facilitate the hiring and retention of women in education, the amended Maternity Benefit Act will be implemented to provide crèche facilities for educators. • To address the gender imbalance among school teachers (especially in some rural schools), alternate pathways for female teacher recruitment will be developed, without compromising on merit and qualification, both educational and professional.
- 14. • 3.Prioritising schoolsafety and security: • All schools will develop credible mechanisms to ensure schools remain discrimination, harassment, and intimidation-free, especially for women and girls. • NPE 2019 draft given Guidelines for ensuring school safety and security of girls will be developed and made a part of the eligibility conditions for institutional accreditation. This framework will include mandatory training for educators and administrators on efforts to prevent and respond to school-related gender-based violence. • Efforts will be made to ensure girls benefit from initiatives that promote access to safe and reliable transportation, including bicycle access programmes.
- 15. 4.Gender sensitization inschools: All educational institutions and affiliated offices will be mandated to conduct awareness programmes on gender issues to break stereotyped gender roles, on the importance of harassment-free environments and equal treatment of genders, and on legal protections and entitlements for girls and women including the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO), Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, the Maternity Benefit Act (along with its Amendment), and the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act.
- 16. Conclusion: India is nowa leading country on the basis of women education. Indian History is not devoid of talented women. It is full of women philosophers like Gargi, Viswabara and Maitreyi. Other renowned women include Mirabai, Durgavati, Ahalyabai and Laxmibai. All the legendary and historical women in India are an inspiration and motivation for today’s women. We can never overlook their contributions to the society and country. There is an immense need of educating the parents about the merits and demerits of girl child education. It’s not only the duty of the government but it’s our responsibility also to educate people around us. The best thing is that our P.M. has taken a very good initiative towards the girl child education through ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign in villages. As per him, if we want to see our country developed then we have to make all girls educated.
- 17. By the suggestionsof NPE 2019 draft, educating a girl child is like planting a seed. It is a long term investment which will continue to provide immense benefits to the society in the future. Lack of basic education lies at the heart of gender inequality and girl child education is the first step in the long struggle for women empowerment.
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