[ Best 2022 ] Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav

What is Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav?

Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav Abhiyan aims to bring back out-of-school adolescent girls in India to the formal education and/or skilling system. Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav also aims at enhancing enrolment and retention of girls between 11-14 years of age in school.

Who are the beneficiaries of Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav campaign?

The Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav Campaign will target over 400,000 out-of-school young girls as direct beneficiaries. It will raise awareness and boost investment in education, health, protection, and skill-building, including monetary literacy.

What are the Key Points of the Campaign?

• Aim: The project aims to work on a complete system for out-of-school girls by building on existing schemes and programmes such as Schemes for Adolescent Girls (SAG), BetiBachaoBetiPadhao (BBBP), and National Education Policy (NEP).
• Implementing Agency: The campaign is being steered by the Ministry of Women And Child Development in partnership with the Ministry of Education.
• Implementation: The campaign focuses on convergence and coordination between ministries, departments and states.
  • The campaign will be implemented as part of the BBBP project, with the primary beneficiaries being over 4,00,000 out-of-school adolescent girls.
  • Over 400 districts across all states will be funded under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme for grassroots level outreach and awareness generation to sensitise communities and families to enrol adolescent girls in schools.
  • Further, funding from Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, and Anganwadi workers (AWWs) will be further incentivised for counseling and referring out of school adolescent girls.
• Data to be Collected: It strives to collect data on out-of-school girls, based on their visits to anganwadi centres for nutrition, nutrition education and skilling.
• Significance: Bringing out-of-school girls back to the education system has been the target since the Right to Education Act was enacted (2009).
• Need: The need has arisen because the Scheme For Adolescent Girls (SAG), which initially took care of out-of-school girls, was getting less traction.

Key Objectives of Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav Abhiyan

• Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav Abhiyan aims to bring back out-of-school adolescent girls in India to the formal education and/or skilling system.
• Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav also aims at enhancing enrolment and retention of girls between 11-14 years of age in school.
• Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav intends to build on the existing schemes and programs like Schemes for Adolescent Girls (SAG), Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP), and National Education Policy (NEP) to work on a comprehensive system for out of school girls.

Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav Abhiyan

• Organizing Ministry: Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav Abhiyan has been launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD), in partnership with the Ministry of Education and UNICEF.
• Parent Scheme: The Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav campaign will be rolled out under the umbrella of MoWCD’s BBBP initiative by targeting more than 400,000 out-of-school adolescent girls as primary beneficiaries.
• Funding: over 400 districts across all states will be funded under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme for outreach and awareness generation at grassroot level.
  • This is to sensitize communities and families to enroll adolescent girls in schools.
  • Anganwadi workers (AWWs) will be further incentivized for counselling and referring out-of-school adolescent girls.

Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav Abhiyan Process