Girls' Education  

The Uttar Pradesh government's initiative Kanya Sumangala Yojana, offers financial assistance to girls from their birth through their college education. Starting from April 2024, government will provide Rs 25,000 for girls’ education.

 28-year-old Nishita Rajput from Vadodara, Gujarat has been funding girls’ education for a long time  

Ranjitsinh Disale was awarded the coveted prize in recognition of his efforts at promoting girls’ education and triggering a quick-response or QR coded textbook revolution in India.
 

Savitribai Phule, one of the earliest crusaders of education for girls and dignity for the most vulnerable sections of society, broke all the traditional shackles of 19th century India to herald a new age of thinking. On Savitribai Phule’s birth anniversary, let’s revisit her remarkable life of courage and initiative.

If not for Fatima Sheikh who was by Savitribai Phule's side, girls education project wouldn't have been a reality. Here are facts about Fatima Sheikh, the first Muslim woman teacher.