Bihar: More than 12% girls dropped out of KGBVs in 2019-20
Budget Session 2021: Education ministry data shows that five states had an over 2% dropout ratio in the residential schools set up for girls.
Atul Krishna | February 8, 2021 | 06:47 PM IST
NEW DELHI : More than 12% girl students dropped out from the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KBGVs) in Bihar till last year, the ministry of education revealed in a reply to a question in the Parliament, during the budget session 2021.
Bihar recorded a drop out ration of 12.17% while the states of Haryana (2.24%) , Manipur (2.59%), Punjab (2.87%) and Rajasthan (2.33%) have recorded a drop out ratio of over two percent for students in KBGVs in 2019-20.
Uttar Pradesh saw a dropout ratio of 1.41% and Jharkhand recorded 1,43%, however, data for West Bengal was not available.
In the last five years, 516 girls hostels were sanctioned out of which 133 were in Bihar under the KBGVs, the ministry said.
KBGVs were set up in 2004 to provide a residential school system for girl students in tribal areas. There are a total of 4,886 KBGVs in the country enrolling more than six lakh girl children.
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