ROLE OF NPEGEL PROGRAMME IN IMPROVING GIRLS EDUCATION IN DEHRADUN

The value of girls’ education has been internationally acknowledged for many years but serious obstacles to
girls’ education still exist. Discrimination against girl's that begins at birth by families, communities and broader society
continues toimpede a greater demand for girls’ education. Keeping this in mind the govt. of India also very specially focuses on
gender equality in terms of education at every level, by setting closer deadlines to meet the objectives at primary and secondary
levels. Two new programs, one targeting formal schools (NPEGEL) and the other targeting girls in remote habitations (KGBVs)
have been launched under serva shiksha abhiyan(SSA)to include girls in elementary education. IN this paper authors try to
examine the role of NPEGEL programme in improving girls enrollment in schools- caste wise and year wise,especially in
educationally backward blocks where the female literacy rate is lower than national average (46.13%) and higher gender gap
than that of the national level (21.59%).