Lok Sabha Question No. 1115 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Bhartruhari Mahtab

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEPELOVEMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1115

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2022

## KANYA SHIKSHA PRAVESH UTSAV

## 1115.   SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government in partnership with the Ministry of education and UNICEF, has  launched  Kanya  Shikhsa  Pravesh  Utsav,  campaign  to  bring  out-of-school adolescent girls in the country back into the formal education and/or skilling system and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  made  any  study  regarding  out-of-school  adolescent girls in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  schemes  rolled  out  for  outreach  and  awareness  generation  at grassroots  level  to  sensitize  communities  and  families  to  enroll  adolescent  girls  in schools, over and above the funding from Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  engage  Anganwadi Workers  (AWWs)  under the scheme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government also proposes to further incentivize AWWs for counseling and referring out of school adolescent girls and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (c) A special campaign namely Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav was launched on 07th March, 2022 to re-enroll out of school adolescent girls (OoS AG) in the age group of 11-14 years.  The  main  components  of  the  scheme  are  Social  mobilization  &  Awareness  and Incentivization of AWWs for Counseling and Referrals.

As  per  the  data  available  under  the  erstwhile  Scheme  for  Adolescent  Girls  (SAG), State/UT Wise details of Out of School Girls is at Annexure I .The campaign is coordinated efforts taken by Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Education to ensure enrollment of Adolescent girls in schools.

Under  this  campaign  District  Administrations  organize  Social  Mobilisation  campaign  for raising  awareness  at  grassroots  level  to  sensitize  communities,  families  to  re-enroll adolescent girls to formal Schooling. Rs. 2 lakh per district has been earmarked for social Mobilisation campaign at district level.

(d)  &  (e)   Under  Kanya  Shiksha  Pravesh  Utsav  campaign,   AWWs  are  incentivised  for counseling and referring OoS-AG in catchment areas of AWCs. An Incentive of Rs. 1000/is provided to AWWs where the number of OoSGs are more than 4 in number and Rs. 500/- where the number of OoSGs are less than or equal to 4 in number

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Annexure-I

Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) to (c)  of Lok Sabha Admitted Unstarred Question  No.  1115  for  22.07.2022  regarding  Kanya  Shiksha  Pravesh  Utsav raised by Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab:

| S. No.   | Name of the State            | No. of OoS AGs   |
|----------|------------------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh               | 980              |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh            | NR               |
| 3        | Assam                        | 29346            |
| 4        | Bihar                        | 0                |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                 | 11454            |
| 6        | Goa                          | 1                |
| 7        | Gujarat                      | 40215            |
| 8        | Haryana                      | 1176             |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh             | 0                |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir              | 6887             |
| 11       | Jharkhand                    | 10454            |
| 12       | Karnataka                    | 1207             |
| 13       | Kerala                       | 40               |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh               | 10630            |
| 15       | Maharashtra                  | 7078             |
| 16       | Manipur                      | 2676             |
| 17       | Meghalaya                    | 397              |
| 18       | Mizoram                      | 1300             |
| 19       | Nagaland                     | 7629             |
| 20       | Odisha                       | 7717             |
| 21       | Punjab                       | 4408             |
| 22       | Rajasthan                    | NR               |
| 23       | Sikkim                       | 15               |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu                   | 281              |
| 25       | Telangana                    | NR               |
| 26       | Tripura                      | 465              |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh                | 154526           |
| 28       | Uttarakhand                  | 3883             |
| 29       | West Bengal                  | NR               |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar            | 0                |
| 31       | Chandigarh                   | 50               |
| 32       | Daman & Diu and D & N Haveli | 0                |
| 33       | Delhi                        | 510              |
| 34       | Lakshadweep                  | 5                |
| 35       | Puducherry                   | 0                |
| 36       | Ladakh                       | 1                |
|          | TOTAL                        | 303331           |

## NR-Not Reported.