Scheme For Adolescent Girls (SAG)

Last Updated : 03 Nov, 2022

A girl’s life turns in significant ways during adolescence. She is now on the way to becoming an adult. Between childhood and womanhood, this stage is the most eventful for a woman’s mental, emotional, and psychological well-being. To include adolescent girls in the development programs intended to create human resources the government has started the Adolescent Girls Scheme which falls under the ambit of the Ministry of Women and Child Development. SAG is a part of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)

Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG):

The Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG) was developed in 2010 to target those Adolescent Girls (aged 11-14 years) who are not enrolled in school or out of school due to various social or personal issues, as just special assistance for teenage girls between the ages of 11 and 14 years, with the goal of preventing the inter – generational life-cycle of nutritional and identity disadvantage and providing a supportive environment for adolescent girls in the nation to grow into independent adults.

Under the direction of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the program was launched in 2010 under Umbrella integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). The program succeeded the Kishori Shakti Yojana and the Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG) (KSY). The ICDS Scheme’s umbrella Anganwadi services are employed to carry out the program through Anganwadi Centers (AWCs). It is a state/UT government-led program that is nationally financed.

The Scheme for Adolescent Girls was approved in 2010 and put into effect in 205 districts nationwide. Later, the Kishori Shakti Yojana was phased down simultaneously with the expansion and modernization of the Scheme for Adolescent Girls in an additional 303 districts in 2017–18 and the remaining districts in 2018–19. As a result, the Scheme for Adolescent Girls currently covers all districts in the nation.

Objectives of the Scheme for Adolescent Girls:

By engaging and informing teenage girls, the goal is to help them become independent and educated individuals in the nation.
Develop their life and domestic skills.
Adolescent girls who are not in school need support to return to school effectively or to bridge education or professional training.
Notify about the existing public services, such as the Post Office, Bank, Police Station, Rural Hospitals/CHCs, etc.
Adolescent girls’ proper nutritional health should be maintained.
Develop an understanding of diet, cleanliness, and health.

Benefits Given by the Scheme for Adolescent Girls:

The nutrition and non-nutrition components of the services are divided. The beneficiaries of the program receive the following services:

Nutrition Component:

The daily financial requirements for each recipient for 300 days a year would be Rs. 9.5. This would include the price of adding micronutrients. Rs. 9.50 is the daily nutrition allowance (600 calories, 18–20 grams of protein, and the appropriate amount of micronutrients for 300 days in a year).

Non Nutrition Component:

For adolescent girls who are not in school: IFA supplementation twice or three times per week for ages 11 to 14.

Services for health examination and treatment.

Counseling and direction on child care, ARSH, and family welfare.

Accessing public services and life skills education.

Health and Nutrition Education (NHE).

Measures of the Scheme for Adolescent Girls’ Sustainability Comprise:

Kishore Health Card: To keep track of the Adolescence Girls’ height, weight, and Body Mass Index (BMI), as well as other services offered under the plan. The Anganwadi Centres (AWC) keep track of these health cards for Adolescence Girls. The card also includes information about the objectives or results of the program.
SAG- Rapid Reporting System (RRS): The Management Information System (MIS) collects information on the Adolescence Girls’ receiving benefits from this program.

Scheme For Adolescent Girls (SAG)