Steps To Improve Girl Child Education In India

In India, a lot of parents are not motivated towards sending their female children to school. This has resulted in a lot of Indian girls not being educated, which is not good for the ladies in particular and the countries in general. Based on this, awareness is being creating to encourage parents to invest on girls’ education in India. There are a number of steps that could be taken to improve education and rights of a girl child in India. 

1. Awareness                                                                                                                             Creating awareness is very vital in the promoting girls education in India or any part of the world for that matter. Individuals and organizations can take it upon their selves to educate the populace on the importance of sending their female children to school and how it would be of benefit for them in the long run. There are a lot of options for creating this awareness. The options include, but not limited to, through media houses such as television and radio stations as well as newspapers and magazines, through placing of stickers at strategic places and by going house to house to educate individuals about why they should send their female children to school. The aim would be to get across to as many people as possible and give them the requisite information that would encourage them to educate their children.

2. Government policies                                                                                                             Government policy is another vital means through which girls education in India can be carried out. The government policies should enforce that parents must send their children to school at a particular age. It should also make primary and secondary education compulsory for every child, irrespective of if they are male or female. Based on this, punishments and sanctions could be meted out to parents who prevent their children from going to school. The sanctions would come in handy in forcing parents who do not want to send their children to school, especially their female children, to send them to school irrespective.

3. Encouragements                                                                                                                         There is the need to put in place programs and activities that would encourage parents to send their children to school. First of all, the government could make education at the primary and secondary level to be free of charge. This would take away the excuse of being unable to avoid the money to send such children to school. Furthermore, other means of encouragements could include provision of school uniform and books for the children and provision of free meals for the children. Among others, the private sector could also support the government in this regard by paying for some of these expenses. Before these programs are put in place, such private establishments could organize scholarship programs for children, with some of the scholarships particularly aimed towards girls education in India. This would go a long way in helping parents that desire to send their children to school, but do not have the means to do so. Education loans could also be provided by the government and private organizations

Educate A Girl Child

Why don't you educate me? 
I am not just born to make coffee and tea.

My heart pains badly 
When I say this sadly.

I would like to go
To schools where children get everything to know.

You don't know how I feel
When children carry bags and meal.

I am just a small child
Who is so gentle and mild.

At least now let me go to school 
For I don't want to be a fool.

Then before you parents we will glow like pearls
So at least now please educate girls

NGO'S role in promoting girl child education

• Most important aspect to boost the spread of education is to spread awareness among the parents and communities. The message needs to spread far and wide and getting quality education is the legitimate right of girls no matter which social or economic background they come from. 

• Another important aspect to improve the penetration of education amongst the most deprived children is to make learning a fun experience. Teachers are given training to impart learning using child-friendly and interactive teaching learning methods.

• The NGO'S engage heavily with the local communities to form Children Groups and School Management Committes and work with them to ensure that they take accountability of the development of the children in their community.

• Group learning has proved to be one learning methodology which helps children learn better and fast and also promotes healthy competetion. 

• NGO'S runs learning centers for street children and child laborers coming from socially excluded communities where they are provided learning. The idea is to groom these children and help them take the leap to formal schooling.

Girl Child Education

AM A CHILD NOT A BRIDE.
                                                                                        Slowly I moved, Mother! Father!

Where did I go wrong?

Why can’t I be educated?

What is the difference between a girl and a boy?

Why don’t I deserve everyone’s love?

I have been stereotype as a girl in our society.

Men come to pay for my dowry

Just for me to be a bride.

AM A CHILD NOT A BRIDE.

I believe education is for everyone.

Treat me as such.

Daddy!Mummy! A girls place is not only in the kitchen.

Trust everyone has a bright future including I, the Girl child.

I am begging not for food, neither for shades.

I am begging for education.

Critism Of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme

•  Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV), an education scheme for the girl students of rural areas has failed to take off in the state as the requisite posts for KGBVs were not filled even after 11 years of its introduction. Due to the corruption is the education department several non-deserving teachers were wrongly recruited in the first batch for KGBV. After criticism from various corners successive governments have failed to fill the other vacancies till date.
• Official records reveal that there are only 99 KGBVs registered in the state, with several of them non-functional while the number of teachers in these schools is 700.
• Meanwhile, sources in the SSA department reveal that most of the wardens for these schools are already working on higher wages in other schools of the state thus further affecting in the smooth functioning of the scheme.
• Most of the wardens appointed by state for KGBV's are already working as teachers in other state run schools. They are not able to deliver their best in either of the schools.
• "As per the guidelines set by Ministry of Human Resource and Development, the state government was supposed to recruit seven teachers, one cook and an accountant on contractual basis besides a female warden- the only permanent post for each KGBV. However only blue eyed people were employed during the inception of the scheme but then no fresh recruitment were made.
• Launched by Government of India in the August 2004 KGBV scheme was integrated with the already existing Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to provide elementary educational facilities and set up residential schools at upper primary level for girls belonging predominantly to the SC, ST, OBC and minorities in remote areas. However due to wrong implementation of the scheme as per the set guidelines, the scheme has failed to achieve its objectives.

kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalya (KGBV) scheme was launched in July 2004, for setting up residential schools at appear primary level for girls belonging predominantly to the SC, ST,OBC and minority communities. The scheme is being implemented in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) of the country where the female rural literacy is below the national average and gender gap in literacy is above the national average. The scheme provides minimum reservation of 75 per cent of the seats for girls belonging to SC, ST communities and priority for the remaining 25 per cent, is accorded to girls from families below poverty line. The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidylaya scheme was merged with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in the XIth Plan with effect from 1st April, 2008. 

The scheme is not being implemented in the States and UTs of Andaman & Nicobar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Daman & Diu, Goa, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry and Sikkim as no blocks in these states and UTs fall under the category of EBB. The criteria of eligible blocks had been revised with effect from 1st April, 2008 to include an additional 304 educationally backward blocks with rural female literacy below 30 per cent and 94 Towns/cities having minority concentration with female literacy rate below the national average . 

Girl Education

Education should be given to all girls, 

whether she urban or rural.

Girls are not less than boys, 

Education will take them up away.

Education should be given to all girls, 

It gives them respect and they live well.

Girls are becoming bold and bright stars, 

This is due to educatioN of girl.

Right to education is for all, 

EVEN FOR A GIRL! !