West Bengal Report-IPAI.pdf - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

194numbers of out of school girls in UP level than that of 5identified districts (viz. Bankura, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri,Siliguri and CoochBehar).It may be seen from the paragraphsupra thatidentification of EBB for implementation of NPEGEL was not donein keeping with the main parameters and moreover, the crux of theobjective laid down for KGBV differs more or less from that ofNPEGEL. Selection/identification of location for setting up schoolsunder KGBV within the areas considered as EBB for NPEGEL wastherefore, not ideal and rational.11.2.3 The thrust of the objective of KGBV was to attract and arrestout of school girls, particularly those who are at risk of beingdropped out of school at any stage of elementary education.District wise dropped out girls student (all communities is givenin the following table)Sl.No.Table-CDrop out rates of upper Primary School (UPS) Girls %Identified DistrictsRate(%) ofDropoutSl.No.Identified DistrictsRate(%) ofDropout1. Bankura 19.31 1. Murshidabad 34.162. Birbhum 31.77 2. Daskshin Dinajpur 30.003. Jalpaiguri 19.91 3. Bardhaman 31.02