Operations Research Study on Assessment of Efficacy of Pre-school Activity in Anganwari Centres and its Relevance in View of DPEP at Rajiv Gandhi Swarna Jayanti Pathashala

Agency : Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Rajasthan.

Strengthening pre-school education has been considered an important support to elementary education because it motivates students for schooling and develops school readiness. The Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) is the largest inter-sectoral programme, which seeks to directly reach out to children from vulnerable and remote areas and give them a head start by providing an integrated programme of health, nutrition and early childhood education. The main objective of the study was to assess the quality and impact of pre-school education component of the ICDS programme in terms of enrolment, retention and mainstreaming in Class-I of formal primary school for boys, girls and scheduled caste children separately. It also evaluated the delivery of pre-school education in the Anganwari centres in terms of teaching-learning process, use of materials and pedagogy. The study emphasised identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the existing system and suggested measures to enhance the convergence between the ICDS, DPEP, and Rajiv Gandhi Pathshala.


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