Ministry of Women and Child Development
KANYA SHIKSHA PRAVESH UTSAV
Posted On:
22 JUL 2022 2:42PM by PIB Delhi
A special campaign namely Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav was launched on 7th 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 Counselling 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 enrolment 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.
Under Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav campaign, AWWs are incentivised for counselling 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.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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Annexure-I
State/UT Wise details of Out of School Girls
|
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.
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