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Why Daughters of kasturba?

Spreading a winning attitude for empowering women and children with a view to achieve overall rural development.

The "Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya" (KGBV) scheme was launched by the Government of India in August, 2004 for setting up residential schools at upper primary level to provide for drop out girls, who discontinue even their primary education mainly due to their family circumstances and financial constraints.
From the year 2012, this society started working towards the strengthening of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas to provide quality education and skill development to these dropout girls, mainly belonging to SC, ST, OBC and other minority communities with a view to make them financially independent.In this direction with the support of District Administration it adopted some of the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalayas in Ghaziabad District and has been working consistently for this cause of quality girl education since then.

The scheme mainly launched for the 75% girls from SC, ST, OBC or minority communities are accorded priority for enrolment in such residential schools and only thereafter, 25% from families below poverty line are accommodated. Our aim of supporting Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya is to make needy women and girls self reliant by paying homage to her and many wise women like her. Kasturba Gandhi did not receive schooling education yet she was a scholar of high order her practical knowledge and Social knowledge is an inspiration to other women. Mahtma Gandhi himself many time in his speech appreciating the wisdom of Kasturba Gandhi and accepted that the credit for the work done by him to her. There is no lack of potential in our Indian women they need the right guidance and support. Surevin Foundation society is determined to cooperate not only with the girls of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya but with all the child red of the society as a parent who are making sincere efforts to improve their lives in any way but their family and financial condition is not strong.

The Basic Problem of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya (KGBV)


When the Surevin Foundation studied about the KGBV, then there members has found that most of the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya are till 8th class in the Uttar Pradesh. Although it is monitored by the Govt. that the pass out girls continue their education after 8th, but it is gathered that most of these girls are not able to continue their education and their family circumstances again make them sit at home or get married at an early age and this problem was really hug for those girls who wanted to connect their lives with the mainstream of the society by getting higher education.

Government of India has identified 100 districts all over India under its programme of " BETI BACHAO- BETI PADAO ". These districts are identified on the basis of vexed sex ratio of population. Out of various states in India, State of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and even Delhi are at the lowest ladder of sex ratio, with sex ratio in these States of India being at 874, 863, 883 and 857 respectively against the national average of 908.

What is alarming that in spite of all the efforts and educative programs in this direction, though the total sex ratio from 2001 census has increased from 898 to 912, but the child sex ratio has further deteriorated from 942 in 2001 to 902 in 2011. Thus indicating strongly towards feticide, and poor health care of girl child to give these adverse figures.

In addition to this in education, even at primary level, the boys are taught in Private Schools, whereas girls are sent to Government schools, which in India do not have a very good infrastructure and quality of education. Many times the financial constraints of the middle and poor class families are at work, but this creates a disadvantage for girls in the long run. The Surevin Foundation Society has been associated/nominated in the " SandarbhSamooh " of " Beti Bachao-Beti Padao " of the Ghaziabad District formed by the District Administration/State Govt of india.

Since each Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya has 100 drop out girls from economically and socially weak background, under its project Daughters of Kasturba , Surevin has adopted various Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalayas and provide infrastructure and educational support to them.

Daughters of Kasturba is a Special Project undertaken up by The Surevin Foundation Society in collaboration with Basic Education Department of the district for educational support and Vocational Training of girls of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya in various districts of Uttar Pradesh that have been identified at the National Level in Prime Ministers' " Beti Bachao Beti Padao " Program.

Under Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) scheme education is provided for drop out girls, who discontinue even their primary education mainly due to their family circumstances and financial constraints. These girls are mainly from the families below poverty line.

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