State Conference on Keeping Girls in Secondary School: Successes and Challenges
CONFERENCE REPORT STATE CONFERENCE ON KEEPING GIRLS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL: SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES Dharwad, Karnataka I 20 – 21 June 2015 2 ‘Keeping Girls in Secondary School: Successes and Challenges’ State Conference, Dharwad, Karnataka, 20 – 21 June 2015 © KHPT 2015 Authors: Shaila Maria Faleiro and Priya Pillai Design and Layout: Shreya Jain, 129 Degrees Design Studio Photo credits: Raju Kalburgi and Priya Pillai Published by: Karnataka Health Promotion Trust IT/ BT Park, 5th Floor # 1-4, Rajajinagar Industrial Area (Behind KSSIDC Administrative Office) Rajajinagar, Bangalore- 560 044 Phone: 91-80-40400200 Fax: 91-80-40400300 www.khpt.org ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CONTENTS KHPT thanks Shri Kimmane Ratnakar, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, Government of Karnataka, Shri Jagadish Shettar, Leader of Opposition, Shri Arvind Bellad, Member of Legislative Assembly and Shri Basavaraj Horatti, former Minister of Education and Member of Legislative Council for their participation in the conference and support to the cause of adolescent girls’ education. SUMMARY ………………………………………………………………………..…………………………..........… 6 We acknowledge the support from the Secretary, Department of Education, Government of Karnataka and the State Department of Education including the BACKGROUND …………………………………………………………………………………….………............ 12 Administrative Service officials, Deputy Directors of Public Instruction, District and Landscape ………………………………………………………………………………………………................ 12 Block Education Officers for the conference. About Samata ………………………………………………………………………………………………......... 12 Dr. Shiva Halli from University of Manitoba provided his unstinted support to organise Note on the conference ………………………………………………………………………………......... 13 this conference. His generosity with his time, efforts and guidance helped gather support and ensure participation from the key elected representatives and the SESSIONS Department of Education in Karnataka and non-profit organisations from across the Day One – Saturday, 20 June 2015 ………………………………………............………….........
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