Patna: The Bihar government has announced hefty cash sums to girls in order to boost education among females in the community. While those who pass Class 12 will be given Rs25,000, girls who graduate will be given Rs50,000.
Informed sources said a proposal to this effect has been prepared by the education department and sent to the state cabinet for its clearance.
Authorities said the money would be credited directly to the bank account of the beneficiaries. However, only those girls will be eligible for grants who have passed out from a government’s recognised colleges. As per the conditions set by the government, only unmarried class 12 girls will be given the grant while there is no such barrier for graduate girls.
According to an official report, more than 160,000 girls have already applied for this benefit through the education department’s website. So far, the government has been paying Rs10,000 to the class 10 passed girls and Rs25,000 to graduate girls but now this amount is being double to encourage more girls pursue higher studies. The government is likely to spend Rs10 billion on the payment of such girl students.
Fertility rate
The government believes the attractive hike will significantly help in bringing down the fertility rate in the state. The fertility are of Bihar currently is 3.2. According to the government, various schemes like free cycle sand free uniforms have resulted in sharp rise in enrolment of the girls in schools and colleges which, the officials claim, is slowly bringing positive changes at various level.
“If all girls are educated at least up to class 12 level, it will not only reduce Bihar’s fertility rate but also boost their morale and make them self dependent,” Bihar chief minister NItish Kumar had told a function last year.
“Among the matriculate (class 10 massed) women, the average national fertility rate is 2 while the corresponding result for Bihar in the same category is also 2. The results are even more encouraging in the category of women educated up to Class 12. While the national average fertility rate is 1.7 in this category, it is even better in Bihar pegged at 1.6,” the chief minister had explained.
The realisation has prompted the Bihar government to launch efforts to open higher secondary schools in all the village councils across the state so as to bring the schools to the doorstep of the rural population.
The state government has already opened secondary schools in 5,082 village councils out of total 8,406 in Bihar while in the remaining village councils, a huge number of schools are being upgraded to help girls study to higher level.
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