The Woman and Child Development Department has introduced an online training course ‘Anganwadi Shiksha’ e-learning system to make Anganwadi workers more efficient.
Through this training course, prepared with the support of international institute GIZ, all project officers and supervisors have already been trained as Master Trainers across the state.
So far, about 25,000 Anganwadi workers and supervisors have begun this course and 3 thousand have completed it.
The anganwadi workers will now be imparted training by the supervisor.
The anganwadi workers will now provide information on health and nutritious meals to women of their wards and localities in an easy way through videos on their mobiles.
The e-learning programme has been made easy, interesting and effective.
It includes games, quiz, film etc. The anganwadi worker will provide information to parents on how to prepare nutritious meals with the edible items available in the house for children through their mobiles. The video also shows interesting ways to nurture children.
Seven modules of e-learning have been prepared which include 6 modules for workers and supervisors and one module (sector management) for only supervisors.
They include- Growth Monitoring Module will help in monitoring the development of children, Malnutrition Management Module will keep the anganwadi workers updated with information on the kinds of malnutrition and its ill-effects. Macro and Micro Nutrients Module will give information about the nutrients given to children.
Information Education Communication (IEC) Module will help the anganwadi workers updated with information and keep them aware towards their work. Through the Community Participation Module the anganwadi workers will learn the methods of community participation.
Through Early Childhood & Informal Education Module, the anganwadi workers will learn the methods to educate children in the anganwadi centres. Sector Management Module will provide information to the anganwadi workers on how other sectors work.
The anganwadi education online training course is based on the Safe Learning Management System Moodle Framework used worldwide. The course has also been developed in the form of mobile app, which is android-based. It can be used anywhere and anytime.