Lok Sabha Question No. 1181 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-11
Subject: Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1181 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2019

## Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas

## † 1181. SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)   the objectives behind establishing Kasturba Balika Vidyalayas in the country;
- (b) the details of the said Vidyalayas functioning at present, State/UT-wise across the country;
- (c) the extent to which the objectives have been achieved for which Kasturba Balika Vidyalayas were established;
- (d)   whether there is any plan to establish more such Vidyalayas in the country; and
- (e)  if so, the details thereof State-wise and location-wise?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a): The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV)  scheme  was  launched by the Government of India in August, 2004 and was merged with the erstwhile Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)  programme  with  effect  from  1 st April,  2007.    KGBVs  were  sanctioned  as  residential schools at upper primary level for girls belonging to disadvantaged groups such as SC, ST, OBC, Minority  and  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL).  Under  the  newly  launched  Integrated  Scheme  of School Education-Samagra Shiksha, effective from the year 2018-19, provision has been made for upgradation of KGBVs upto senior secondary level. The erstwhile Girls Hostel component of Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  has  also  been  subsumed  under  KGBV  component  of Samagra Shiksha. The objective of the scheme is to provide access and quality education to girls from  disadvantaged  groups  by  setting  up  residential  schools  upto  Senior  Secondary  level  to reduce  gender  gaps  at  all  levels  of  school  education  in  the  Educationally  Backward  Blocks (EBBs).

- (b): State/UT wise detail of functional KGBVs  is at Annexure.
- (c): KGBV  scheme  is  a  successful  initiative  of  the  Government  of  India  and  the  State Governments  to  improve  the  education  of  girls  from  the  most  disadvantaged  sections  of  the society in the country. KGBVs are set up in EBBs, where the female rural  literacy  is  below  the national average. More than five lakh girls are receiving education through these KGBVs.
- (d) & (e): A total of 1232 KGBVs have been upgraded under Samagra Shiksha during the year 2018-19. Out of these 729 KGBVs have been upgraded to class VI-X (Type-II) and 503 KGBVs have been upgraded to class VI-XII (Type-III). State-wise detail of upgraded KGBVs are as under:

Type-II KGBV

| S. No.   | Name of State     |   No. of KGBVs upgraded from class VI-VIII to VI-X |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                                244 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                  2 |
| 3        | Assam             |                                                 67 |
| 4        | Gujarat           |                                                 54 |
| 5        | Manipur           |                                                  6 |
| 6        | Odisha            |                                                 82 |
| 7        | Sikkim            |                                                  1 |
| 8        | Telangana         |                                                246 |
| 9        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                                 27 |
|          | Total             |                                                729 |

Type-III KGBV

| S. No.   | Name of State    |   No. of KGBVs upgraded from class VI-VIII to VI-XII |
|----------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |                                                   31 |
| 2        | Bihar            |                                                   48 |
| 3        | Haryana          |                                                   24 |
| 4        | Himachal Pradesh |                                                    7 |
| 5        | Jharkhand        |                                                  203 |
| 6        | Madhya Pradesh   |                                                   21 |
| 7        | Rajasthan        |                                                   68 |
| 8        | Telangana        |                                                   94 |
| 9        | Uttrakhand       |                                                    7 |
|          | Total            |                                                  503 |

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1181 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2019 ASKED BY SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO  AND  SHRI  NARANBHAI  KACHHADIYA  REGARDING  'KASTURBA  GANDHI BALIKA VIDYALAYAS'.

State/UT wise List of KGBVs

| S. No.   | State               | KGBVs sanctioned Type-wise   | KGBVs sanctioned Type-wise   | KGBVs sanctioned Type-wise   | KGBVs sanctioned Type-wise   | Total KGBVs sanctioned upto 2018-19   | No. of KGBVs operational   |
|----------|---------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| S. No.   | State               | I*                           | II*                          | III*                         | IV*                          | Total KGBVs sanctioned upto 2018-19   | No. of KGBVs operational   |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 77                           | 244                          | 31                           | 235                          | 587                                   | 516                        |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 47                           | 2                            | 0                            | 32                           | 81                                    | 53                         |
| 3        | Assam               | 0                            | 67                           | 0                            | 81                           | 148                                   | 90                         |
| 4        | Bihar               | 487                          | 0                            | 48                           | 377                          | 912                                   | 584                        |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh        | 94                           | 0                            | 0                            | 74                           | 168                                   | 167                        |
| 6        | Dadar &Nagar Haveli | 1                            | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            | 2                                     | 1                          |
| 7        | Gujarat             | 35                           | 54                           | 0                            | 85                           | 174                                   | 164                        |
| 8        | Haryana             | 12                           | 0                            | 24                           | 36                           | 72                                    | 34                         |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh    | 3                            | 0                            | 7                            | 5                            | 15                                    | 13                         |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir      | 99                           | 0                            | 0                            | 97                           | 196                                   | 97                         |
| 11       | Jharkhand           | 0                            | 0                            | 203                          | 2                            | 205                                   | 203                        |
| 12       | Karnataka           | 71                           | 0                            | 0                            | 74                           | 145                                   | 137                        |
| 13       | Kerala              | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            | 1                                     | 0                          |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh      | 186                          | 0                            | 21                           | 201                          | 408                                   | 408                        |
| 15       | Maharashtra         | 43                           | 0                            | 0                            | 43                           | 86                                    | 81                         |
| 16       | Manipur             | 5                            | 6                            | 0                            | 5                            | 16                                    | 16                         |
| 17       | Meghalaya           | 10                           | 0                            | 0                            | 9                            | 19                                    | 10                         |
| 18       | Mizoram             | 1                            | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            | 2                                     | 2                          |
| 19       | Nagaland            | 11                           | 0                            | 0                            | 11                           | 22                                    | 11                         |
| 20       | Odisha              | 100                          | 82                           | 0                            | 173                          | 355                                   | 182                        |
| 21       | Punjab              | 22                           | 0                            | 0                            | 21                           | 43                                    | 43                         |
| 22       | Rajasthan           | 132                          | 0                            | 68                           | 118                          | 318                                   | 316                        |
| 23       | Sikkim              | 0                            | 1                            | 0                            | 0                            | 1                                     | 1                          |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu          | 61                           | 0                            | 0                            | 44                           | 105                                   | 105                        |
| 25       | Telangana           | 135                          | 246                          | 94                           | 251                          | 726                                   | 629                        |
| 26       | Tripura             | 9                            | 0                            | 0                            | 9                            | 18                                    | 17                         |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh       | 719                          | 27                           | 0                            | 191                          | 937                                   | 771                        |
| 28       | Uttarakhand         | 21                           | 0                            | 7                            | 21                           | 49                                    | 48                         |
| 29       | West Bengal         | 92                           | 0                            | 0                            | 67                           | 159                                   | 92                         |
|          | Total               | 2473                         | 729                          | 503                          | 2265                         | 5970                                  | 4791                       |

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Type-I: For existing KGBVs for classes VI to VIII

Type-II: KGBVs for classes VI to X

Type-III: KGBVs for classes VI to XII

Type-IV: Existing Girls' Hostel for classes IX to XII

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