Lok Sabha Question No. 1404 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-28
Subject: Training to Anganwadi Workers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Anurag Sharma, Mahendra Singh Solanky, Ramapati Ram Tripathi, C. R. Patil, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1404

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2023

## TRAINING TO ANGANWADI WORKERS

1404.  SHRI SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP:

SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY:

DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI:

SHRI C.R. PATIL:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  budget  allocated  and  the  steps  taken  to  establish  good nutrition practices amongst children in Anganwadi centres under the 'Poshan Bhi, Padhai Bhi' scheme;
- (b) whether  any  special  training  sessions  have  been  organised  for  Anganwadi workers in various States including Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Odisha;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  particularly  in  Shimla,  Dewas,  Deoria,  Pratapgarh, Jhansi, Pali and Balasore Parliamentary Constituencies;
- (d) whether any mechanism or body has been established to monitor the process of holistic development of children under the said scheme; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a)        Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi (PBPB) is a path breaking ECCE program to help India develop the worlds largest, universal, high-quality pre-school network at Anganwadi Centers, in alignment with the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Under the programme, steps have been taken to bolster early childhood care and education and good nutrition  practices  through  development  and  use  of  Do-It-Yourself  (DIY)  and locally available toys for learning at AWCs. All 36 States/ UT's have been paired to facilitate  exchange  of  indigenous  toys/folklores  as  part  of  the  vision  for Ek  Bharat Shreshtha Bharat .  Detailed guidelines have been shared with all States on creation of  DIY  toy  kits  as  part  of  Teaching  Learning  Material  creation  workshops.  Further, NIPCCD has collated and digitized toy focused teaching and learning content.

PBPB is not a separate scheme but is a programme component under ECCE of Anganwadi services under Mission Poshan 2.0. There is no separate budget for the programme  as  it  is  part  of  the  overall  budget  allocated  for  Mission  Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0.

(b)  &  (c)         The  implementation  of  PBPB  includes  conducting  Capacity  Building trainings  for  ICDS  functionaries.  The  objectives  of  the  training  program  include  (i) promoting early stimulation for the first 1000 days and ECCE for children 3-6 years of age,  (ii)  developing  ECCE  understanding  of  Anganwadi Workers,  (iii)  emphasizing developmental domains (socio-emotional-ethical, physical and motor, cognitive, etc., and  the  development  of  Foundational  Literacy  and  Numeracy  (FLN),  and  (iv). reinforcing nutrition knowledge of Anganwadi Workers.

The training programmes are designed to be conducted through a Two-Tier Model to cover all the engaged functionaries' upto the AWC level in all States/UTs in a 3 day Training programme to be conducted through NIPCCD. However, initially, to test the training content and implementation model, a pilot training programme has been designed for 10 Districts across the country, namely, Dhubri-Assam, MadhubaniBihar, Bastar-Chhattisgarh, West Singhbhum-Jharkhand, Koppal-Karnataka, Sheopur-Madhya  Pradesh,  Gadchiroli-Maharashtra,  Dholpur-Rajasthan,  AdilabadTelangana, and Budaun-Uttar Pradesh.

(d)  &  (e)  Under  Mission  Poshan  2.0,  convergence  is  a  key  component  to  ensure monitoring and implementation of service delivery. To facilitate the same, at the district level, there is the mechanism of the District Nutrition Committee with the DM/DC as Chairperson  and  all  officers  from  line  departments  such  as  Health,  Education, Panchayati Raj, Rural Development etc. Similarly at the State-level, the State level Steering Committee is headed by the Chief Secretary of the State. These institutional mechanisms are in place to oversee the outcome and delivery of the scheme. Further, an  IT  application  (Poshan  Tracker)  was  rolled  out  on  1st  March  2021  to  monitor progress of Mission Poshan 2.0 in near real-time on defined indicators. Technology under Poshan Tracker is already being leveraged for dynamic identification of stunting, wasting, under-weight prevalence among children and last mile tracking of service delivery,  including  both  nutrition  and  early  childhood  development  through  daily activities.

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