• Sandip Mandal
• Dr. Abhijit Guha

Women plays a vital role in inclusive growth of a nation or a society through sustainable development. A girl child may blossom into an ever fragrant flower with the proper nourishment of her mother. Few measures were taken for empowerment of women in the course of providing incentives or providing different scopes to access education since early age. It is also important for the woman to be empowered that her mentality regarding their own perception about an empowered individual. Education is also important for a woman as it helps her to be dynamic, updated and progressive person. The present study is conducted with the main objective to know the self-perception of adolescent girl students in the light of Kanyashree Prakalpa with respect to the variation of class (across age), locality and caste category. The data are collected from randomly selected 926 unmarried adolescent girl students from secondary and higher secondary schools of Medinipur division (administrative division), West Bengal using self developed tool; Adolescent Girls’ Attitude towards Education Scale (AGATES). Data consists of 85.9 % beneficiary of Kanyashree Prakalpa and 14.1% non-beneficiary of Kanyashree Prakalpa, 50.1 % urban area student and 49.9% rural area student, 38.3% general category student, 29.6 % OBC category student, 22.8 % scheduled caste category student and 9.3 % scheduled tribe category student and the girl students belonging to class VIII (13 plus years) to class XII (17 plus years). The raw data are tabulated in MS-Excel 2007 and t-test, ANOVA are done by SPSS 22.00 version. Result of investigation indicates that there is no significant changes in self perception of KanyashreePrakalpa beneficiaries across class (across age), but they are in better position. Locale variation plays significant role only in self-perception of girls. It is also found that all caste category beneficiaries are in better position than non-beneficiaries. Finally the investigator concluded that Kanyashree Prakalpa is not just a social welfare scheme, it is future.

Self-perception, beneficiary of Kanyashree Prakalpa, non-beneficiary of Kanyashree Prakalpa, adolescent girl student

"Self-Perception of Adolescent Girl Students in the Light of Kanyashree Prakalpa", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.604-613, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903G83.pdf

"Self-Perception of Adolescent Girl Students in the Light of Kanyashree Prakalpa", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp604-613, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903G83.pdf