2. • As per Census 2011, 74.0% of the population is literate comprising
65.5% females and 82.1% males whereas in rural areas the literacy
rate of women is 58.75%.
• The 66th NSSO (2009-10) round observes that 46.7 % rural females
are illiterate 31.8 % are literate up to primary, 11.1 are literate up
to middle level and only 10.3 % literate up to secondary & above .
• There is wide gap between girls enrollment ratio and dropout ratio
• Illiteracy among women is the major source for all the sexual and
physical violence over women.
Why
?
3.
4. Model for the village girls education fund
Every house hold (HH) of the village will
contribute Rs.20 to the fund, simplifying it as the
male member will give Rs.10 (33p per day) and
female member will pay the similar amount.
The Teachers of the school situated in the village
will contribute Rs.30 (Re. 1 per day)
The Gram Panchayat will contribute 5% from
Women and child development fund.
5. The project Parivartan Dhara was initiated in Devkurli
village in December 2012, Osmanabad district of
Maharashtra.
6. Village Girls Education fund
Sr. No.
1
Participant of Fund Generation
Collect Sum for Entire year (Rs.)
280 house hold @ Rs. 20x12x280,
67200
(Total no. of House hold 350, assuming
20% will not contribute for entire year
then the figure)
2
10 teachers @ Rs. 30x12x10
3
5%
from
development
Panchyat)
women
fund
3600
and
child
(From
3000 (subject to actual)
Gram
Total = 73800
7. Expenditure (one Girl)
Sn. No.
1
Expenditure on the education
Sum (Rs.)
2 year of tution fees of college including tuition 1500
fees (Tamalwari college, a nearby college)
2
Computer education for two years (Provided by 3000
nearest MS-CIT centre , Tuljapur)
3
Transportation cost for two years (actuals)
4
Miscellaneous expenditures on
learning materials (actuals)
500
teaching and 1000
Total 6000
8. Approach
The project is an attempt to create an educational fund
which will support the higher education (10+2) of girls in
rural areas. The fund will be created and maintained by
girls of class IX and X with the support of Gram
Panchayat, school administration and villagers on yearly
basis.
Every month on Second Sunday girls with their ward
member and Parivartan mitra will visit each HH of that
particular ward for collection. From teachers the
collection will done Second Monday per month. Gram
Panchayat will contribute the money one time in the last
month of financial year.
A joint account will be opened in the nearest
bank, managed by a senior most female member of Gram
Panchayat along with a girl student of class X (who will
be elected by the class).
9. Implementation (stage 1)
Entry Point Activity (EPA) : covered under MGNREGs
and Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) will build trust and
co-operation between villagers and the project.
Selection of parivartan Mitra which will include girls and
SHG members for sensitizing, implementing and
monitoring of project
Preparing and display of pictorial pamphlets on the
importance of girl’s education as preliminary part of
sensitization.
Meetings in groups – Initially, the meetings would be in
small and homogeneous groups composed of
mothers, fathers, adolescent, SHG members etc. Later
the
groups
can
be
magnified
to
parents, teachers, teenagers and lastly with gram sabha.
10. Stage 2
During meetings, every idea, issue, constraints will
be recorded and then framed into general issues
and bringing out solutions with them.
In every meeting, the issue of security of girls
should be given priority and remedies for any
problem girls face.
Attendance register, Minutes of the meetings &
maintenance and updates of resolution register will
be done by the rural volunteers. To ensure the flow
of the work.
parivartan Mitra will be monitoring and evaluation
of the project at every step.
11. Last phase.
Once in a year the total collected money will be
withdrawn from the account. The total sum will be
distributed equally to all the girls who has not only
successfully
cleared
their
matriculation
examination but also want to pursue higher
education.
The distributed amount will cover fees of two
years , local transportation costs and miscellaneous
expenditure on learning materials. Which will be
(actuals) calculated by parivartan Mitra in consultation
with Gram Panchayat.
12. Merits
Community pools resources and re-distributed within itself.
The Contribution from every household (HH) is small but overall
collection will suffice girls needs for higher education and will lessen
the burden.
Entry Point Activity (EPA): covered under Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Act. and Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA)
Liaison between the schools at village to district level will
provide sharing of knowledge and information
Driven by community participation which will sensitize the overall
community for women education and will increase the marriage age
of girls
The financial empowerment of girls would challenges the social
stigmas attached with girls education and will a step to reduce crime
against women.
13. Measuring the impact of Project
: Indicators
Level of understanding and acceptance of ‘parivartan Dhara ’
among villagers.
Attendance register of meeting for ‘parivartan Dhara’
Minutes of the meeting
Account register (This include collection of funds, withdrawn of
funds and number of girls utilized it etc. )
Resolution register (This include existing plan of the project, strategy
and add on of external support etc. )
After three years who are the external partners joined to scale up the
project.
Frequent Discussions and meetings with parivartan Mitra and
villagers.
Village develops a culture of promoting girls for higher education.
Effect in near by villages and its implementation in high girls dropout
rate block of the district in two year.
14. Grey Areas to be worked
Continuation of fund collection for entire
year.
The project is not an radical approach to
change the structure or belief of the village
but an attempt to work with villagers for a
small reform in the structure, which always
to be restored by parivartan Mitra .
The security of girls will be the foremost
concern when they will be moving to near
by town for higher education.
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Kumar, K., & Gupta, L. (2008). What Is Missing in Girls’
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