Central Government announces the Inclusion of Skilling of Girls in Non-Traditional Livelihood

By: WE Staff | Wednesday, 12 October 2022

The Ministries of Women and Child Development, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Minority Affairs have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. It places a strong emphasis on collaboration between Ministries and Departments to guarantee that teenagers finish their education, develop their skills, and enter the workforce in a variety of vocations, particularly those related to STEM.

Ms. Irani also spoke with a group of young women who surmounted obstacles like gender-based prejudice, child marriage, and financial hardship to find success in non-traditional fields.

She stated that her ministry would also support girls in selecting their post-secondary academic majors and assist girls in childcare facilities in developing the skills necessary for their economic independence and empowerment.

Girls would receive skill training in non-traditional occupations through this project, she said, making them torchbearers of a women-led Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-sufficient India).

“The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme has been revised, and it has a new and refreshing look. Some of the new aims we have for the scheme include ensuring 1% increment in enrolment at the secondary level and skilling of girls and women every year, raising awareness about safe menstrual hygiene, and promulgating elimination of child marriages. These are the new elements being included in the scheme,” Women and Child Development Secretary Indevar Pandey.

At the occasion, an operations manual for implementing the programme in districts was also released. The apex committee for monitoring the execution of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme with State governments and Union Territory administrations at regular intervals will be a national committee headed by the Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, established under the broader Mission Shakti mandate, according to the manual.