TheJharkhand government said it aims at facilitating the Education of nine lakh adolescent girls in the state under theSavitribai Phule Kishori Samriddhi Yojana(SPKSY). The welfare programme was launched by Chief MinisterHemant Sorenin October last year from Giridih along with the ‘Aapki Yojana Aapki Sarkar Aapke Dwar’ campaign, an initiative to take the benefits of various government schemes at the doorsteps of villagers.
“The Savitribai Phule Kishori Samriddhi Yojana is an effort of the to facilitate the education of adolescent girls and a step towards Women Empowerment and gender Justice…Nine lakh adolescent girls of the state shall be covered by this scheme,” a statement issued by the government said.
Under the ‘Aapki Yojana’ campaign, which went on for a month, three lakh adolescent girls were linked to the scheme.
The objective of the scheme is not only providing financial assistance to adolescent girls for education, but also ensuring that the girls don’t drop out from school, and preventing child marriage, it said.
Recently the state government expanded the scope of the overseas Scholarship by signing an MoU with the British High Commission.