A comparative study of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Abhiyan at Vaishali district of Bihar
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2018
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur
Abstract
Women constitute almost half of the population of the world. Education for women is the best way to improve the health, nutrition and economic status of a household that constitute a micro unit of a nation economy. In this context, it can be argued that lack of women education can be an impediment to the country’s economic development. In India, women achieve far less education that of men. As per the Census report 2011, the literacy rate of women is 65.46 per cent and that of men is 82.14 per cent. There has been a sincere effort to improve the education attainment of women by both government and voluntary Organization. The changes in the policies and infrastructural supports on primary, secondary and higher education reflect the initiatives of the Government of India towards women education.
Shri Narender Modi, Honorable Prime Minister of India has given stress on the need of educating and protecting the girl child. When the country is heading towards being the superpower if not in the near future, in the long run. Yeah this is the miserable condition of the daughters in some parts of the country where the girls are not treated equal to boys, not allowed to go to the schools beyond primary classes, deprived of all the facilities which their brothers enjoy with extreme liberty and in some cases the girls are not allowed to take birth and they get killed in the womb of their mothers.
Keeping in view the above facts the present study was conducted with the following specific objectives:-
1. To know the socio-economic status and personal characteristics of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries.
2. To evaluate the performance and benefits of the scheme in context of the beneficiaries
3. To assess the impact of BBBP scheme.
4. To identify the constraints as faced by the beneficiaries.
5. Based on constraints, suggest the strategies for improvement in execution of the BBBP scheme.
METHODOLOGY
The present study was carried out in the Bihar state. Vaishali district was selected purposefully with having lowest sex ratio. From district Vaishali, Rajapakar and Chehrakalan (two blocks) were selected. From these two blocks, (two villages from each block), four villages were selected such as Bhojpatti, Phulwariya, Mansupur Halaiya and Chehra were selected randomly. A total number of 100 respondents were selected randomly. A schedule was developed to study the socio-economic background of the respondents. The schedule was standardized and validated through pre-testing.
The data thus collected were analysed through Karl Pearson’s correlation and multiple regression and interpreted with the help of tables and diagrams.
MAJOR FINDINGS
The findings revealed that the majority of respondents were young aged and belongs to Schedule Caste. Family income of majority of the respondents was middle .It was found that education of respondent was high in higher secondary and parental education high in primary education. The source of livelihood of majority of them were in agriculture or allied activities. The type of family of majority of them in joint family.The size of family of majority of them in medium category,the number of children in your family of majority of them in more than three.Girl child in your family of majority of them in up to three.Further their social participation was high in self help grop, facility at school for majority of the respondents was recorded in high category.Performance of scheme for majority of the respondents was recorded in high in awareness creation,medium in sensitization programme and low in monitoring and supervision.Impact of scheme for majority of the respondents was recorded in medium category.Status of girl child for majority of the respondents was recorded in medium category. Among all the constraints, having girl child were perceived as highly problematic by most of them. Overall they all showed positive impact of scheme.
Out of 15 independent variables undertaken in study thirteen variables namely were Age, Education, Parental education, Source of livelihood, Type of family, Size of family, Total no. of children in your family, Family income, Cosmopolite, Social participation, Facility at school, Performance of scheme, Impact of scheme and were positively and significantly correlated with status of girl child and caste,constraints faced by beneficiaries were negatively and non-significantly.
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