A Case Study of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya of Jaipur District

Abstract

The present study has been designed and formulated to discover the level of academic achievement and personality development of students studying in KGBVs. Also, it was done to study the health facilities available in KGBVs. The research was also intended to study the teachers’ attitude towards the education of girls studying in KGBVs, and the views of principals, students, and parents regarding basic facilities, amenities, security, and other things available in KGBVs. Focus on girl child is very the need of the present time . The rate of girls education has generally been low in India . An important step has been taken by the government of India in the 10^th five year plan 2002-2007 to over come the educational back ward ness of  girls in the field of education in the form of KGBV’s. This is a component of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan . The central government ensured the implementation of the KGBV Scheme under the provision of residential school for girls in August in-2004. According to the 2001 census , the female literacy rate is less than  the national female literacy rate and the gender gap in education is more than the national gender gap . 200 KGBV ( Given to girls ) is launched in Rajasthan for upgradation  of girl education .On behalf  of the department of Rajasthan state , KGBV and Sharde Girls school has been merged and now named as KGBV ( Type-IV ) hence , in 2019 , this type of KGBV – One , Three , & Four  have been established in the state now the admission capacity of girls have been increased also . Arrangements have been made to give the admission capacity of 100-200 girls to the state . The Government of India has launched the import school which promotes girls education . Started under a series under KGBV’S the central and state government bear the expenditure in the rate of 75: 25 . These  schools are established in those development blocks where drop out or out of school in Vidyalaya is predominantly academically weak and has a high number of minority girls from SC ,ST , OBC , and remote areas . Each school aims to provide education from 6^th to 12^th  class by providing residential arrangement to the girls .The KGBV has been successful as a mile stone and a meaningful effort for increasing the education and development of girls belonging  to extremely back ward SC ,ST ,OBC, Minority community in the developed areas with the joint cooperation of the central / State government