Authors : Sarita Nitin Joshi, Shipra Banerjee & Sandhya Madan Mohan
Page Nos : 209-216
Description :
Our Prime Minister and Government of India aims to generate awareness and improve the
efficiency of welfare services intended for girls. “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” based on this
theme survey has been conducted in Durg Bhilai city to now education level of girls and
their family members. And to know the role of education in upliftment of Socio economic
status of family. 450 adolescent girls of Durg Bhilai city has been selected. SESS-JASR
consumable booklet of Dr. Abhaya R Joglekar (Raipur) and Dr Rupa Salhotra (Raipur) was
distributed among adolescent girls. 45% are from general category, 41% are from OBC while
7% from Schedule Caste & Schedule Tribe. 73% respondents are mostly at graduate level. It
is observed that the respondents belong to good educated family background only fourteen
families have father in illiterate category. Mean average salary of family members is Rs.
53,716/- per family, which is quite adorable. 69% of the respondents have their own house
while 31% of them are living in rented house. The education of family and income of family
are the factors which uplift socio economic status of individual.
