Novel efforts have been made under the guidance of collector P Dayanand to provide a ‘model’ look to the Aanganwadi centres run by the Woman and Child Development department in the district.
While reviewing departmental works, the collector instructed project officers concerned to give new ‘model’ shape to 25 Aanganwadi centres of each sectors of the district and gave them responsibility of programme officers. At present total 1545 Aanganwadi centres are operating in the district.
In the review meeting, the Collector collected information from departmental officers about the condition of teaching work in all the Aanganwadi centres operating in the district and made thorough and detailed review of Navjatan Yojana, Ayushmati Yojana, Mukhyamantri Kanyadaan Yojana and Poshan Aahar Ready-to-Eat distribution system. District Programme Officer Priyanka Thakur, Woman and Child Welfare Officer HR Rana, all project officers and observers were present in the meeting.
The Collector expressed the need of quality improvement in education in all the 1545 Aanganwadi centres of the district. Aanganwadi centres should be opened in the scheduled time so that along with teaching, implementation of beneficiary and person-oriented public welfare schemes could be done at grass-root level in a better way, he added. To give ‘model’ image to Aanganwadi centres, the collector asked the district programme officer to mark 25 centres in each sector. Wall writing of the beneficiary and person-oriented schemes run by the government should be done in these centres. Besides, better action plan to give model image to Aanganwadi centrres should be prepared, he added.
The collector, in strong words, instructed the project officers and observers that they should do the departmental work in a positive manner, with better administrative understanding and cooperation, and to inspect the Aanganwadi centres under their jurisdiction, regularly. The collector asked them to prepare action plan for the children deprived of Aanganwadi education. He told the officers to form ‘Poshan Mitra’ (Nutrition Friend) to bring out the district from malnutrition to well nourished and to hold time-to-time health examination in coordination with the health department.