Lok Sabha Question No. 49 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-02
Subject: Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya, Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION Dy. NO.49

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2024

## KANYA SHIKSHA PRAVESH UTSAV

49.    SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA: SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD:

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

- (a) the details of specific parameters or criteria that were considered in evaluating the success of the Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav Abhiyan;
- (b) the  details  of  insights  into  the  key  findings  or  outcomes  of  the  evaluation, including notable achievements or challenges identified;
- (c) the manner in which the Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav Abhiyan has contributed to addressing gender disparities in education; and
- (d) the  strategies  or  interventions  employed  during  the  Abhiyan  to  bring  out-ofschool children back into the time bound education system?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to  (d):  A  special  campaign  namely  Kanya  Shiksha  Pravesh  Utsav  (KSPU) campaign 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 campaign was coordinated efforts taken  by  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  and  Ministry  of  Education  to ensure re-enrollment of Adolescent girls in schools.

The main components of the scheme were Social Mobilisation campaign organised by  District  Administration  for  raising  awareness  at  grassroots  level  to  sensitize communities, families to re-enroll adolescent girls to formal Schooling and Incentivization of Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) for Counselling and Referrals.

All  the  identified  OoS  AG  were  to  be  mapped  in  PRABHAND  portal.  As  per PRABANDH portal, a total of 1,00,786 OoSAG have been enrolled back to education system from 22 States/UTs. State/UT-wise details is at Annexure.

Further, enrollment of girls in the schools at secondary level has increased from 75.51 percent in (2014-15) to 79.4 percent in (2021-22) [as per UDISE-data, MoE].

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Annexure Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d)  of Lok Sabha Admitted Unstarred Question No. 49 for 02.02.2024 regarding Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav:

| S. No.   | Name of the State           |   No. Of OoSC enrolled in Schools after identification |
|----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman And Nicobar Islands |                                                      7 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              |                                                   7228 |
| 3        | Assam                       |                                                     11 |
| 4        | Bihar                       |                                                    131 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                |                                                    762 |
| 6        | Delhi                       |                                                    649 |
| 7        | Gujarat                     |                                                  17341 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh            |                                                     11 |
| 9        | Jammu And Kashmir           |                                                     79 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                   |                                                    412 |
| 11       | Karnataka                   |                                                     34 |
| 12       | Kerala                      |                                                      1 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh              |                                                   1080 |
| 14       | Maharashtra                 |                                                    819 |
| 15       | Meghalaya                   |                                                      6 |
| 16       | Mizoram                     |                                                   1003 |
| 17       | Odisha                      |                                                    303 |
| 18       | Punjab                      |                                                     33 |
| 19       | Tamil Nadu                  |                                                   3483 |
| 20       | Telangana                   |                                                    115 |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh               |                                                  66881 |
| 22       | West Bengal                 |                                                    397 |
|          | TOTAL                       |                                                 100786 |

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