Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir witnessing spike in girls students enrolment to schools in border areas
The border areas of Jammu and Kashmir are certainly grabbing headlines in recent times with the increase in the number of girls joining schools, media reports said.
Girls' enrollment in public schools has significantly increased as a result of the special program, particularly in outlying villages and border regions.One of the causes of this is the government's provision of incentives to girls, such as free uniforms, free books, and scholarships, reports ANI.
In the border region of the Poonch district, a Model Higher Secondary School distributed scholarships under the "Betti Hai Anmol" program.
Atiqa Jan, a member of the District Development Council, Neelam Sharma, the higher secondary school's principal, and Mundi Anju Rishi, the acting zonal education officer. Eleven talented female students from the school received a scholarship worth Rs. 55,000 each, reports the Indian news agency.
The program was organized under the guidance of Anwar Khan, Principal Model Higher Secondary School, Savjian, Poonch to create awareness among the public about the importance of girl child education.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
