Project Details - Asha for Education

Mahila Samakhya (Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya)

Project Brief: Mahila Samakhya (MS) is a Ministry of Human Resource initiative to empower women in rural backward districts. MS Uttar Pradesh committed to empower each woman to attain equality and their just place in society and governance
Project Type: Working with the Government (description)
Primary Focus: girls (description)

Secondary Focus: dropouts

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Munich

Project Contacts

Status: UNKNOWN
Project Steward: Mehar Singh
Co-Steward: Dinesh Upreti
Project Partner(s): Uday Gosain
Project Address: Mahila Samakhya (Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya)
B 5/21, Vishal Khand,
Gomti Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
Tel: 0091-522-2391394
Stewarding Chapter: Munich

Funding History

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Project Description

The Government of India has approved a scheme called Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) for setting up upto 1180 residential schools with boarding facilities at elementary level for girls belonging predominantly to the SC, ST, OBC and minorities in difficult areas. The scheme will be coordinated with the existing schemes of Department of Elementary Education & Literacy viz. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL) and Mahila Samakhya (MS). Asha for Education will work with Mahila Samakhya Uttar Pradesh to come up with innovative solutions for execution of this scheme

KGBV is one year compressed course for dropout girls after class V. Hundred girls in a residential school will complete class VI, VII, VIII in a year.

Project Goals

1. Work with govt.
2. Make sure govt money is spent in right way
3. Particiapte in each school and support with asha money to make sure we get best schools
4. This gives us oppurtunity to enter remote areas in UP and work with girls education who dropped out.
5. We dont have to worry about running expenditure
6. Gives scope to work with stable system which has long term impact on ground.
7. If we spend the money in the begning we make sure money of asha and govt is spent in most efficient way

Organization Description

Mahila Samakhya Uttar Pradesh is a unique initiative. A government programme, it has the passion and commitment of a voluntary agency, energy of a movement and the synergies of asystemic organisation. Its goals are broader and longer term in nature than a â€˜schemeâ€™, as it seeks to bring about change in the situation of women, in terms of equality and empowerment. MS works towards enabling women to bring about a change in their own situation, while also helping society become equity-oriented. Thus, MS works on society in general, but also through social and political institutions, government departments and agencies, and through a larger advocacy in society

In UP, the main planks of MS action are:

Rights and governance
Education
Health
Economic empowerment

Additional Information

Project Documents

Jul 2007 Site Visit Photos by Vinod Prasad

Jul 2007 Site_Visit_Report_by_Vinod_Prasad

Mar 2007 KGBV Pratapgarh Site Visit Report by Andrea

Mar 2007 KGBV Pratapgarh Photos from Andrea

Feb 2007 Evaluation Report by Subir Shukla

Feb 2007 KGBV Mathura Photos

Dec 2006 Audit Report MS 03-04

Dec 2006 Audit Report MS 04-05

Dec 2006 KGBV Pratapgarh Photos

Nov 2006 Article on KGBV by Krishna Kumar (Hindi)