Lok Sabha Question No. 1238 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-19
Subject: Lack of Motivation amongst Girls Students
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Amar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1238 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.09.2020

## Lack of Motivation amongst Girls Students

1238. DR. AMAR SINGH:

Will  the  Minister  of  EDUCATION  be  pleased  to  state:

- (a)  whether  there  is  a  lack  of  motivation  amongst  many  girl  students  and  their  families  in ensuring any form of education and considering the fact that the importance of education is not perceived as a priority by many families and if so the steps taken/being taken by the Government to provide free and safe educational and boarding facility to the underprivileged girls throughout the country?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) : As per Unified District Information System for  Education plus (UDISE+), 2018-19 the Gender Parity Index (GPI) at various level of Education is as under:

| Particular   |   Primary |   Upper Primary |   Secondary |   Higher Secondary |
|--------------|-----------|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|
| GPI          |      1.03 |            1.12 |        1.04 |               1.04 |

(UDISE+ 2018-19 is provisional)

GPI at various levels reflects equitable participation of girls in the School system.

Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education is implementing an Integrated Scheme for School Education namely Samagra Shiksha. Bridging Social and Gender Gaps in School Education continues to be one of the major objectives of Samagra Shiksha.    In  order  to  ensure  greater  participation  of  girls  in  education,  under  Samagra Shiksha,  various interventions  have been targeted for girls which include opening of schools in the neighbourhood as defined by the State, provision of free text-books to girls up to Class VIII,  uniforms  to  all  girls  up  to  class  VIII,  provision  of  gender  segregated  toilets  in  all schools,  teachers'  sensitization  programmes  to  promote  girls'  participation,    provision  for Self-Defence training for the girls from classes VI to XII,  stipend to CWSN girls from class I

to Class XII, construction  of  residential  quarters  for  teachers  in  remote/hilly  areas/in areas with difficult terrain.

Moreover,  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs)  have  been  sanctioned  in Educationally Backward Blocks of the country where the female rural literacy rate is below the national average.  KGBVs are residential schools from class VI to XII for girls belonging to disadvantaged groups such as SC, ST, OBC, Minority and Below Poverty Line (BPL). The objective behind establishing KGBVs is to ensure access and quality education to girls from disadvantaged groups by setting up residential schools and to reduce gender gaps at all levels of school education. Some of the non-negotiable operational aspects of KGBV are:-

- Deputing sensitive and trained women wardens, teachers and staff;
- Boundary Wall ;
- Posting of watchman for 24 hours;
- Restricted entry of male members in the dormitories;
- Self defence training;
- Good quality and nutritious food;
- Bedding (replacement after every three years);
- Medical care etc.

Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  State  specific  projects  for  varied  interventions  under equity,  including  menstrual  health  and  hygiene,  are  emphasized  for  enhancing  access, retention and quality by promoting enrolment drives, retention and motivation camps, gender sensitization modules etc.

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