To encourage the participation of girls in education, the KGBV hostels house girls at secondary school level. The hostels are dedicated to house girls from backward communities or whose care-givers are either absent or severely constrained and are unable to take care of them. They aim to ensure smooth transition of girls from elementary to secondary and upto class XII wherever possible.
For girls at KGBV Vidurashwatha, a remote village in Gauribidanur night time was a source of perpetual fear and trepidation. Erratic electricity in the area meant and long power outages often left th