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.

IBNS • 19 Jun 2023, 04:25 pm

Jammu and Kashmir witnessing spike in girls students enrolment to schools in border areas

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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.