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The Jharkhand government on Tuesday said it aims to facilitate education of nine lakh adolescent girls in the state under the Savitribai Phule Kishori Samriddhi Yojana (SPKSY). The welfare program was launched by Chief Minister Hemant Soren in October last year from Giridih with the ‘Aapki Yojana Aapki Sarkar Aapke Dwar’ campaign, which is an initiative to take the benefits of various government schemes to the doorsteps of villagers.
Savitribai Phule Kishori Samridhi Yojana an effort of the state government to facilitate education
The government said in a statement that the Savitribai Phule Kishori Samriddhi Yojana is an effort of the state government to facilitate the education of adolescent girls. It is a step towards gender justice apart from women empowerment. Nine lakh adolescent girls of the state will be covered by this scheme. Three lakh adolescent girls were connected under the one-month long Aapki Aapki Yojana campaign. The Chief Minister transferred a total amount of Rs 219 crore to the accounts of more than 5.52 lakh adolescent girls in the program organized on the completion of three years of the government. The government said that the objective of the scheme is not only to provide financial assistance for education to adolescent girls, but also to ensure that girls do not drop out of school and prevent child marriage.
Scholarship schemes started in the name of leader and player
The Government of Jharkhand has shown respect by naming two of its scholarship schemes after Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda, the iconic leader and the first captain of the Indian hockey team, and Savitribai Phule, the first teacher of our country. Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda Foreign Scholarship Scheme Scheduled for higher education abroad for youth belonging to caste, scheduled tribe and minority and backward classes. Recently the state government has expanded the scope of foreign scholarship by signing an MoU with the British High Commission.