Kishori Shakti Yojna

Objectives

• To improve the nutritional and health status and self-development of girls in the age group of 11-18 years.
• To provide the adolescent girl with the required linkage with education, life skills, literacy and numeracy skills through the non-formal stream of education, to stimulate a desire for more social exposure and knowledge, and to help them improve their decision-making capabilities.
• To train and equip the adolescent girl to improve/upgrade other life skills.
• To promote awareness of health, hygiene, nutrition and family welfare, home management and child care and to take all measures, so as to facilitate their marrying only after attaining the age of 18 years and if possible, even later.
• To enable a better understanding of environment-related social issues and their impact on the lives of adolescent girls.
• To encourage adolescent girls to initiate various activities so that they may become productive and useful members of society. Idling training, out of which 30783 Adolescent Girls have been provided training.