Girls Literacy Residential School (GLRS)

Girls Literacy Residential School (GLRS) are the residential schools exclusive for tribal girls and are running across (11) eleven districts of Gujarat,under the scheme for strengthening education among ST girls of Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India. Initially in Year 2008-09, MoTA, GoI has sanctioned 36 Girls residential schools for Gujarat state, out of which 35 are functional & further 8 more LLGRS were sanctioned in Year 2012. Currently, there are altogether 43 Girls Literacy Residential Schools run by the Society and are functional from Std. VIth to Xth. These schools aim to bridge the gap in literacy level between the female population and tribal women, through facilitating 100% enrolment of tribal girls and reduce the drop-out ratio in low literacy blocks of Gujarat state.

The broad features of these schools are :

• Residential schools.
• Provided with educational and extracurricular infrastructure to build confidence in girls and to motivate them for further studies.
• Open admission for girls from Low Literacy pockets and from Primitive Tribal Groups.
• Health & medical facility for girls.
• Exposure visits
• Vocational training
• Cash incentives for the students to meet their day to day requirements.
• Mother’s committee comprising the representatives from village is constituted in each LLGRS to supervise the smooth running of Schools.