Hyderabad, (BIJ News) Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DoNER G Kishan Reddy...
Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DoNER G Kishan Reddy thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sanctioning 20 additional Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) to Telangana in 2022-23.
In a statement here on Wednesday, Reddy said, the KGBVs are set up across the country with the aim to promote the education of girls belonging to disadvantaged groups such as SC, ST, OBC, Minority and Below Poverty Line (BPL) in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs). The set-up of these institutions is done under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, a centrally sponsored scheme of the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, As on July 13, a total of 4,982 KGBVs are operational in the country.
The aim of the redesigned Samagra Shiksha Scheme is to universalise access to school education; promote equity through the inclusion of disadvantaged groups and weaker sections, and improve the quality of education across all levels of school education from pre-primary to class XII. Samagra Shiksha recommends enhancing the scheme's direct outreach by providing child-centric interventions directly to the students through DBT mode.
Of the total 4,982 functional KGBVs, 696 functional KGBVs are currently operating in the state of Telangana, making it the state with the highest number of Balika Vidyalayas in the country after Uttar Pradesh.
15 per cent of the total 4982 KGBVs are located in Telangana and I thank the Prime Minister for further sanctioning an additional 20 KGBVs in 2022-2023.
For 2022-2023, 20 out of 31 new KGBVs that have been sanctioned across the country have been done in Telangana. In the last four years, since 2018 more than 104 KGBV schools have been sanctioned for construction.
With the promise of providing education to all, the government under the leadership of the Prime Minister has been continuously working towards reforming the education sector. The new 20 KGBVs will ensure access and quality education to the girls and students from the SC and ST communities of Telangana.
The KGBVs provide residential facilities to the students which develop a feeling of community living, unity and harmony. There is a scope of a lot of other activities, vocational training, skill development and social interaction which will help the students for their future career development and overall growth, the statement added.
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