Stephen, Cynthia
(2014)
Girls’ education -
causes for dropout
of adolescents.
Learning Curve (23).
pp. 37-39.
Abstract
Many states in India have made impressive strides
to ensure that children, especially girls, go to school
and stay there for as long as possible. In Karnataka,
thousands of socially vulnerable girls study at the
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) residential
schools in over 70 taluks, completing 8th standard
and then moving to regular schools or to the
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)
residential schools under the Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan, one of the largest social sector initiatives.
But is this sufficient? Why do girls continue to drop
out of school?
Recent research shows that in Karnataka over 30%
of girls are married before the age of 18, despite
efforts by both Government and civil society to
promote higher age at marriage, build awareness on
the huge disadvantages of child marriage to the
individual, family and society, empower child
protection systems by appointing, training and
equipping child protection officers and local
government bodies with laws and powers to
prevent child marriage.
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