A Study report about Analyzing the ICDS Anganwadi Centres in Bengaluru
The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme is an initiative to demonstrate that school readiness helps a child adapt himself/herself to achieve better learning levels in primary school. In this context Akshara Foundation has prepared a school readiness kit to be used by anganwadis in Bengaluru. The initiative covers all government-run anganwadis in the Bengaluru urban district. Bengaluru has six “projects” with 56 administrative circles and 1,547 anganwadis. In July 2009, all the anganwadi workers were trained in the use of these kits. A pre-intervention assessment was planned for all anganwadi children in the 4-6 year age group before the actual usage of the kit.
Implementation of Child Assessment: By August 2009, Akshara Foundation’s pedagogic intervention was already in place and most of the anganwadi workers had been trained to use the kit. The baseline assessment of children was administered in September 2009 across all the anganwadiswhere the anganwadi workers were trained to conduct the assessment. Child assessment was based on child development indicators developed across critical developmental domains like the psychomotor, fine motor, emotional and social domains and pre-school reading, pre-school writing and pre-school mathematics. The child assessments administered in the anganwadi were designed to help the anganwadiworker work closely with children on pre-school education. Keep reading…
