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This is a big and relieving news for lakhs of daughters of the country. Now no girl’s education will stop just because her college is far from home or there is no safe living arrangement. The central government is working on a scheme under which girls hostels will be built in every district of the country. Its direct benefit will be given to girl students from rural, remote and backward areas, who till now were deprived of higher education due to lack of accommodation.
The government believes that if daughters get safe and accessible accommodation for studies, they will be able to easily access colleges and universities. This scheme is considered very important to increase the participation of girls especially in subjects like Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM).
Big step of Education Ministry
The Union Education Ministry has prepared the proposal for this scheme and is preparing to send it to the Finance Ministry. It is believed that this scheme can be officially announced in the general budget of the year 2026. If this is approved, new girls hostels will be built in about 700 to 800 districts of the country. These hostels will be kept separate from normal women’s hostels, so that better facilities can be provided especially keeping in mind the needs of college going students.
There will be an important meeting with the states
An important meeting of Chief Secretaries of all the states is going to be held in Delhi between 26th and 28th December to discuss this scheme. Many important issues related to higher education will be considered in this meeting. In particular, there will be discussion on how to increase the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in higher education to 50 percent and reduce the number of girl students dropping out.
States have also been asked to present plans to promote higher education at their respective levels. This will include suggestions like running classes in colleges in two shifts, opening new colleges and promoting online education.
Girls’ participation will increase in STEM education
The Education Ministry believes that many promising girl students living in rural areas are not able to choose courses like science and engineering simply because of lack of accommodation. By building a girls hostel, this problem will be solved to a great extent. When girl students get safe accommodation near the college, they will be able to study difficult but career-making subjects like STEM without fear and worry. Along with this, the government is also working on increasing the number of STEM courses and encouraging girl students for these subjects.
Emphasis on preventing dropout
The meeting will also discuss how to prevent dropouts due to economic, social and infrastructure problems. Providing hostel facility will especially benefit those girl students whose families are hesitant in sending them away. Under the New Education Policy 2020, the government aims to increase the enrollment of girl students in higher education to 50 percent by the year 2035. At present this figure is around 29 percent. To reduce this gap, the role of girls hostel is considered very important.
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