Understanding Social development of girl child through education from Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV)

Laxmi Narayan Nayak

Journal of Studies in Dynamics and Change (JSDC), ISSN: 2348-7038, 2023, vol. 10, issue 4, 13-22

Abstract: Democratic India with her constitutional commitments had targeted to offer justice to the marginalized sections through welfare measures and development initiatives. Education is one of the major sectors to bring social transformation. Among the excluded and deprived social groups, the condition of the girl child remained always worse than the boys. Education can bring greater participation of women in family, social, economic and political matters. The paradigm of social development is well achieved through education. It is commonly said that teaching a woman means teaching a family, so by educating women, we can propel society towards development. The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) scheme is a step forward in this direction. The immense potential of the scheme helps in recovering the losses that girls faced in being pushed out of formal schools due to multiple reasons. The implication of this scheme is to provide a second chance for dropout girls to explore their possibilities towards empowerment. Primary data from a KGBV in the Deogarh district of Odisha was collected for the study. The present study thus is an attempt to focus on how KGBV brings on social development among girl children. It is found that girls debarred from education due to distance from school had been brought to the educational fold following the selection criteria of KGBV, and are satisfied with the facilities provided in the KGBV. Satisfaction helps in building their aspirations for the future which contributes to their process for social development.

Keywords: girl child; education; aspiration; satisfaction; social development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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