Lucknow, May 16 -- Nearly 80,000 girl students of 746 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) of the state will now be given training in financial literacy and digital skills. This training will be made available free of cost on the online 'Passport to Earning (P2E)' platform in collaboration with UNICEF, where the girl students will be able to earn certificates, a government spokesperson said.

In line with the spirit of the New Education Policy-2020, this initiative will not only connect girls with practical education but will also make them self-reliant. The girl students will now be proficient in essential skills of the 21st century such as digital literacy and financial decision making.

This ambitious programme will be implemented ...