How is collecting information on a student’s gender useful? How can I use it at the district/block/cluster level?

At the district/block/cluster level, having information on gender and the can assist in two ways in ensuring the target of quality education for all can be achieved.

1. One, it can assist in providing necessary resources to schools through block plans in a targeted way, such as girls toilets, sanitary napkins, menstrual health educational materials, teacher sensitisation programmes, and so on.
2. Two, monitoring at school level can include aspects of enquiring what measures are being taken to ensure girls’ needs are catered to, if programmes are being implemented appropriately and sensitively, and to find out what additional support is required. These issues can also be raised to higher levels by the block/cluster to seek additional support.