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The present study was undertaken to study the knowledge of rural girl students, parents and community leaders regarding government educational schemes in bikaner district of rajasthan. Bikaner panchayat samiti was selected by lottery method. 10 Sr. secondary government schools were selected to get the sample of 200 rural girl students studying 9th to 12th, 50 parents, 20 community leaders and 20 officials which were selected randomly. The overall sample constituted 290 respondents. Interview schedule were used to collect the data. Majority of rural girl students and parents belonged to Other Backward Caste, joint family whereas most of the parents were up to sr. secondary school. Majority of rural girl students and parents belonged to middle age,2-4 hectare of land holding and medium (2-3 Lakh) annual income group. Majority of rural girl students, parents and community leaders had medium level of knowledge about Government educational scheme whereas maximum number of the respondents knew about cycle distribution scheme, maximum number of respondents had less knowledge about which year scheme was start and which class of students gets benefits about schemes. The conclusion of study was shown that the correlation between knowledge about the government educational scheme was highest with community and lowest with parents.

Empowerment, Education, Knowledge