Lok Sabha Question No. 909 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-29
Subject: Training Centres for AWWs
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 909

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2024

## TRAINING CENTRES FOR AWWS

†909.  Shri Gyaneshwar Patil:

Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram:

Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar:

Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any study to assess the training level of Anganwadi workers in the country including Maharashtra;
- (b) if  so,  the  details,  thereof,  State-wise  and  district-wise  including  Madhya Pradesh, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad) district and Mumbai in Maharashtra;
- (c) the  details  of  Anganwadi  training  centres  across  the  country  State-wise including Maharashtra;
- (d) the  number  of  Anganwadi  Workers  (AWWs)  who  got  training  under  the Anganwadi protocol for the Divyang boys;
- (e) whether the funds have been allotted and utilized for Anganwadi workers in Mumbai during last five years; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a) to (d) Studies have been conducted from time to time to assess level of training of Anganwadi Workers. Some of the recent reports published by National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD), an autonomous body under this Ministry, are as under:

- i. A Report of Anganwadi Worker Training Centres (April 2016 - March 2017)
- ii. Monitoring and Supervision of ICDS (2015-2016)
- iii. Monitoring and Supervision of ICDS (2014-2015)
- iv. A Study of Mini Anganwadi Centres in ICDS (2014-2015)
- v. Qualitative Reports Based on Monitoring Visits of Central Monitoring Unit(CMU) Consultants (2013-14)- Assam, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal
- vi. Monitoring and Supervision of ICDS Scheme 2013-14

NIPPCD provides training to State Level Master Trainers (SLMT) who then train the Anganwadi Workers. NIPCCD has six centres with Headquarters at Delhi and five Regional Centres in (i) Guwahati (ii) Bengaluru (iii) Lucknow (iv) Indore and (v) Mohali.

Government has launched Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi (PBPB) initiative on 10th May, 2023 for upskilling of all anganwadi workers to build their capacity to provide early childhood care and education and nutrition service to children below six years of age.

To  empower  the  Anganwadi  workers  and  ensure  optimal  learning  for  all  children including divyang children, this Ministry has developed two curriculum frameworks 'Navchetana- National Framework for Early Childhood Stimulation for Children from Birth to 3 Years' and 'Aadharshila- National Curriculum for Early Childhood Care and Education for Children from 3 to 6 Years' under Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi programme.

As on 27.11.2024 a total of 23,411 State Level Master Trainers (CDPOs, Supervisors and Additional Resource Persons) and 37,732 Anganwadi Workers have been trained across the country on protocol for divyang children under Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi.

(e) and (f) Funds to the tune of Rs. 324.16 Crore (Central share) have been allotted for the purpose of training under ECCE for FYs 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26. Out of this, Rs. 4.11 Crore for FY 2023-24 and Rs. 7.61 crore for FY 2024-25 has been allotted to the State of Maharashtra including Mumbai.

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