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The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education had called for setting up of the Gender Inclusion Fund under the scope of the National Education Policy.

About Fund

• The Gender Inclusion Fund aims to deliver quality and equitable education for all girls.
• It will ensure 100% enrollment of girls in schools and record participation rate.
• The funds will assist the states to build up effective community-based interactions that would identify the cause of barriers that prevent girls’ education and look into the issues of transgender students.

Importance

• The Gender Inclusion fund will be a welcoming step to reduce the gender gap and encourage girls to get enrolled in schools without any hesitation.
• This will provide a foundation stone for women empowerment by addressing the important issue of gender equality and result in increasing the nation’s capacity to popularise inclusive education for girls, socially and economically disadvantaged groups (SEDG) and individuals with disabilities and transgenders.
• This fund will offer scholarships to the students by a single-window system without any difficulties.