This MP village is awarding its girls who move out for studies

Sagar: In a novel initiative to promote girl education, a village panchayat in Sagar district has decided to award those girls who will go outside the village for studies. The girls above class 9 will not only be awarded, their parents will also be felicitated and provided a financial assistance for encouraging their daughters to go out of the village for higher studies.

The initiative has been taken by Hadli village panchayat, located around 50 kms from Sagar district headquarters. Hadli village panchyat has two more villages- Bobai and Madavanmar. The three villages have a population of around 2200.

The Hadli village panchyat, where sarpanch and twelve panch are women, passed a resolution during the gram sabha on Republic Day to institute awards under three categories with the help of public donation.

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