The West Bengal government has taken the initiative to set up a Kanyashree University and Kanyashree colleges across the state under Kanyashree Scheme.
CM Mamata Banerjee had laid the foundation stone of the new university at Krishna nagar in Nadia district in January.
Kanyashree university would be only for women.
The main objective of the scheme is to ensure that girls study in schools and colleges and delay their marriages until the age of 18 years.
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West Bengal government had started the Kanyashree scheme in 2013.
It had earlier won the UN award in 2017 for Public Service.