West Bengal Sabala Prakalpa: West Bengal Government has taken for adolescent girls once a very important step. It is not only a step but also a scheme or right for every teenager from 11 to 18 years old for women to self-develop, learn career-orientated education, and have health consciousness when she is growing. Apart from this, the scheme will help food with nutritional value and will even enable the learning of shelf life. Teenage girls will get a variety of vocational training to help them earn as well as become self-dependent and also self-respecting girls.
What is the ‘Sabala Scheme’? Why is the scheme given importance as a ‘Sabala scheme’? Everything would highlight the teenage scheme as a switch to trained adolescent girls helping to learn by earning. Through the article, you could know about the scheme facilities for girls.
Why was the Sabala Scheme implemented?
Sabala Prakalpo is an initiative, or rather, an overall advantage of something special for adolescent girls. The advantages are –
- The right to good nutritious food for teenagers.
- Precautions during teenage condition.
- Vocational training for earning.
Adolescent girls will get medical facilities; just saying it is not sufficient. Therefore, the government has provided a ‘Kishori Card’ to claim any health issues of theirs. She can lodge the complaint about her health problem. Because her name is registered in government records.
Who Will Benefit From The Scheme?
- 11 to 18-year-old teenage girls.
- Married girls will not be eligible.
- Her name is registered at the government school or government-approved school.
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Benefits Available under the ‘Sabala Scheme’
Let’s talk about the advantages have this teenage scheme.
- Available Nutritious Food
They will get a balanced diet from the Anganwadi centre, where it will be present in balanced portions. They stay healthy at a growing age. Eating nutritious food and having regular meals helps in the development of the body.
2. With Vocational Training
The vocational training which is giving by the Sabala scheme
- Tailoring training
- Beautician or a makeup training
- Food Processing.
- Different kinds of handicrafts training.
- Printing and Colour
Taking this training, she starts up a new business and earns month by month.
3. The solution to health issue
Here is given a ‘Kishori Card’ from the government, where beneficiaries of the Sabala scheme will get the check-up facilities every month. Adolescent girls are given the lesson about how to stay healthy by taking nutritious food.
Eligibilities of the ‘Sabala Scheme’
| Age Limit | 11 to 18 years |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Educational Qualification | She must read at the government-approved girls’ school.. |
| Residence | Must be a resident of the below-mentioned district: Kolkata, Cooch Behar, Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Purulia, Malda, Alipurduar. The Anganwadi centres have opened more than 2,000 in these seven districts. |
How to Apply for the ‘Sabala Scheme’
Necessary documents will be submitted to your nearest Anganwadi centre. Required documents are-
- Birth-Certificate
- School Identity Card
- Father’s Income Certificate (If the applicable)
You Can Contact Your Block Office
You can directly contact to the Block Officer if the Anganwadi centre do not take documents.
Can not start online application
If the government could start the online process, then you could do it online. It could be tried by the government. in the future.
Who Are Under the ‘Sabala Scheme’
Department of Women and Child Development have been working in this subject for real project.
- ICDS (Integrated Child Development Service)
- POSHAN ABHIYAAN
- And Local Anganwari Centre
‘Sabala Scheme’ is a reliable programme for transitioning girls into young women. The Sabala scheme protects every adolescent girl at every step; it can be said it covers their study at school, their physical nutrition and also their vocational training, overall safety and development for every teenager. From today’s adolescent girls to young women on the path to a safe future.
