Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav

• The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) have brought back 1 lakh girls into the mainstream education system under the `Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav’’.

ABOUT KANYA SHIKSHA PRAVESH UTSAV:

• The campaign was launched on the eve of International Women’s Day (8th March 2022) by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
• The campaign aims to increase the enrolment and retention of the number of adolescent girls (girls aged 11 to 14) in school. The campaign builds on existing schemes for girls such as Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP), National Education Policy (NEP), Scheme For Adolescent Girls (SAG),
• The campaign will be implemented as part of the Ministry of Women and Child Development’s Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) project. Government aims to fund 400 districts across all states under the BBBP Scheme to sensitize families to enrol adolescent girls in schools.
• Funds under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan will also be utilized for the campaign. Also, Anganwadi workers (AWWs) will be incentivized for referring out-of-school girls.
• Due to the COVID crisis, many girls were pushed out of formal education. It is crucial to bring back such girls into the formal education system to meet the sustainable development goals (SDG).
• In the new scheme, a new category is created in which adolescent girls between 14 and 18 years are covered.