Transcript STATE PLAN OF ACTION FOR THE CHILD IN KERALA 2004

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ICDS
KERALA
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EXPANSION OF ICDS PROJECTS IN KERALA
No. of ICDS Projects
163
120
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59
10
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80
85
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Fully Operationalised
2000
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ICDS – PROGRESS OF IMPLEMENTATION
Programme Launched
(1975-76)
-1 Project
First Five years
- 10 Projects
Before Launch of ICDS Phase III
- 120 Projects
World Bank Assisted ICDS Projects
- 43 Projects
After Universalisation of ICDS
- 163 Projects
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PRESENT STATUS
 TOTAL NUMBER OF ICDS PROJECTS
: 163
 NUMBER OF RURAL PROJECTS
(35 RURAL PROJECTS ARE IN
COASTAL AREA)
: 151
 NUMBER OF URBAN PROJECTS
: 11
 NUMBER OF TRIBAL PROJECTS
: 1
 TOTAL NUMBER OF AWCs functioning
: 25393
 ( RURAL = 23888, URBAN = 1379,
TRIBAL = 126)
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No. of Additional AWC Sanctioned
(first phase)
 No of AWC Additionally required
: 3258
: 3464
MAJOR INDICATORS
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 IMR
11
 MMR
80/1 lakh
 Neonatal Mortality
7/1000
 Low Birth Weight
17.6%
 1-5 mortality
8/1000
 SEX RATIO (M/F)
1000/1058
Pre-Primary Education Current Status
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 No. of Pre- school Children(3-5+)
12.18 lakhs
 Coverage through AWC
5.12 lakhs
 Coverage through other institutions
5.04 lakhs
 Uncovered (approximate)
2.02 lakhs
 Total no. of AWC providing
Pre-school education
25393
 Play school, Balavadies, Pre-school
run by PTA etc
12700
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Activity Plan for improvement of
Pre-School Education
 Registration for all Pre-school centres.
 Co-ordination Committees from Grama
Panchayat to State Level.
 Common curriculum for Pre-School.
 Ensure total coverage in ECCE.
 Ensure quality pre-school education
 Provide proper infrastructure facilities
 Demand in teaching English language
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Activity Plan for improvement of
Pre-School Education
 Supply of teaching and learning materials.
 Retirement age for Anganwadi Workers and
Helpers
 Capacity building of Anganwadi Workers –
Bridge Course
 Early detection of disabilities of children
 Developing Pre-school evaluation technique
 Age specific Pre-school curriculum
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Caring and Sharing –Grandmother engaging
Pre-School
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IT enabled pre-school education an initiative by State
Government
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Early detection of childhood disabilities and early
intervention
SNP Beneficiaries and Budget requirement
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Name of feeding programme
No. of
Amount
Beneficiaries
in lakhs
in lakhs
Regular SNP for children 3- 6 yrs, pregnant
10.15
7613
1.20
975
THRS for children below 3 years
5.8
3500
Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls
2.5
2025
19.75
14113
and lactating mothers
Amount
required
for
feeding
through
additional 3258 anganwadi centres
Total
GOI release during 2005-06- - Rs.1738.22 lakhs
Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP)
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 Responsibility for implementation transferred
to LSGI
 Two types of feeding – Noon feeding for Preschool children and General feeding for all
beneficiaries
 Choice of selection of food items entrusted
to LSG
 Anganwadi Welfare Committee supervises
the feeding programme at AW level
 Mothers meeting, AG club activities
monitored by welfare committee
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SNP – New strategies
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 THRS introduced for all eligible children below
three years
 THRS will be introduced for pregnant women
nursing mothers and adolescence girls in the next
phase
 Nutrition programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG)
introduced
 To combat MND - Malnutrition free Kerala policy
document.
 Request GOI sanction to spend 1% of
assistance for SNP as administrative cost
GOI
Adolescent Nutrition programme in AWC
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Medicine Kit
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 Procured and supplied to all Anganwadis during
2005-06
Pre-school Kit
 Procured and supplied to all Anganwadis during
2005-06
IEC
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 Child Abuse survey conducted in all ICDS Projects and
report circulated among LSGs for appropriate
intervention.
 Celebrated International Women’s Day focusing on
implementation of Dowry Prohibition act.
 Published a book let on the functions and
responsibilities of ICDS functionaries in the context of
decentralised planning and prescribed measurable
targets with respect to the duties and responsibilities
 A work shop organised for prescribing format for
reporting & evaluation.
 Prepared
project profile on all ICDS Projects and
circulated among LSGs so that it will be useful for
preparation of their annual plan
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UNICEF Support
 Technical and financial support of SPAC 2004
 Financial support of the training module on SPAC
2004 for PRI member
 Financial support for organising Psycho-social
awareness programme for the relatives of the
victims of Tsunami
 Replaced
Anganwadi
furniture,
utensils,
pre-school equipments for the Anganwadi
centres affected by Tsunami
UNICEF Support Sought for 2006-07
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 Supply of adult weighing scales, replacement of
damaged weighing scales and supply of mother and
child cards.
 Height measuring scale for Anganwadis
 Technical and financial support for follow up action
on SPAC
 Software development for Pre-school, AG club etc. for
Anganwadis having computer
 Technical and financial support for the development
of Pre-school evaluation system and ECCE
 Assistance for micro nutrient supplement to AWC
 Assistance for the preparation of age specific preschool curriculum
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Height measuring scale for Anganwadi
Financial Norms
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Honorarium
 Upper limit of the honorarium for Anganwadi
Worker per annum may be enhanced from Rs.
12000 to Rs. 12763 per annum in order to cover
the increased expenditure consequent on the
payment of higher rate of honorarium on
completion of 5 years and 10 years.
Medicine Kit
 The upper limit of Rs. 600 per Anganwadi/annum
may be increased to Rs. 1000 due to the increase
in cost of medicine
Pre-School kit
 The Upper limit of Rs. 500 may be enhanced Rs.
1000 per AW/annum due to the increase in the cost
of raw materials
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Financial Norms
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Contingency
 The upper limit may be enhanced as follows
Anganwadi - From Rs. 600 to 1000 per/annum
CDPOS office - From Rs. 30000 to 50000
IEC
 The existing pattern may be continued
Rent
 Revised rate of rent for Anganwadis in urban project
may be made applicable to urban areas in rural
projects.
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 The existing limit shall be continued
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FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED TO LSG
(Under ICDS)
 Supplementary Nutrition Feeding
 Anganwadi Building Construction
 Other infrastructure facilities
 Supervision of Anganwadi Centres
Involvement of PRIs, NGOs and SHGs
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 Feeding programme including THRS implemented by
LSGs. Cost met by Grama Panchayath and Block
Panchayath in the ratio 2:1
 Provision for utensils and equipments
 Monitoring of the Feeding programme by Anganwadi
Welfare Committee Chaired Ward member
 Purchase of land and construction of Anganwadi
building
 Govt. share for the construction of Anganwadi
building is given to Grama Panchayath (Land and
25% cost of the construction is met by Grama
Panchayath
 Providing
additional
infrastructural
facilities
electrification, water supply, compound wall and out
door pre-school play equipments
Involvement of PRIs, NGOs and SHGs
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 Adoption of AWCs by NGOs
 AW nutrition –first priority in plan allocation
 Annual maintenance of Anganwadis
 District level grievance redressal committee is
headed by the District Panchayath President.
 The Block level/Grama Panchayath level/ Urban
Local Body level ICDS coordination committee is
headed by the President of the respective local
body.
 10% of plan fund is earmarked for women
component plan
 5% of Plan fund ear marked for the welfare of the
children, the aged and disabled
Anganwadi-cum children’s park an initiative by PRI
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Implementation of Supreme Court direction dt. 7-10-2004
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 The criteria for starting
additional
anganwadis with priority in SC/ST
settlements have been observed.
 Rules regarding SC/ST reservations have
been observed in the selection and
engagement of AWW and AWH
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11 Plan Approach
 Pre-school classes may be restricted to 5 days
(from Monday to Friday)
 Saturdays may devoted to adolescent girls,
pregnant women and nursing mothers and child
care clinc
 Pucca buildings for all Anganwadis Centres – GOI
may provide special assistance.
 Creches may be sanctioned in Anganwadis in
Urban slums and tribal area. Service of additional
Helper may be provided.
 THRS may be adopted for all beneficiaries except
children attending pre-school classes
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11 Plan Approach
 Award for all categories of functionaries up to
the level of Programme officer at district level.
 Award for best performing LSGs
 Retirement age for Anganwadi Workers and
Helpers.
 Expenditure on retirement benefits for AW
Workers and helpers may be met by GOI.
 Upgradation of all Anganwadi Centres as
Community Resource Centres
 Child
friendly
Anganwadis
infrastructure
for
all
Status of Infrastructure facilities
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No. of Angnwadi Centre sanctioned /functioning
25393
100%
No. of AWC Having own building (Completed)
15092
59%
8627
34%
No. of AWC functioning in other public buildings
708
3%
No. AWC functioning in other Private Building (with
out rent)
568
2%
No. of AWC functioning in school Buildings
398
2%
1850
7%
11579
77%
No. having own water supply
4405
29%
No. Electrified AWC
1513
10%
No. having compound wall
2960
20%
No. having LPG connection
6680
44%
No. having out door play equipment
4363
29%
AWC having own land but no building
1288
5%
247
1%
No. of AWC functioning in Rented buildings
No. of AWC building under construction
No. having own toilets
No. Anganwadi Centres having Computer and other
accessories
LPG connection to AWC an initiative by PRI
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Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG)
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The Programme will be implemented in the
state during 2006-07
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Budget outlay - 584 lakhs
 This programme may be integrated with KSY
National Nutrition mission (NNM)
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Implemented in two district - Palakkad and
Malappuram
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Budget outlay - 300 lakhs
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May be intergrated with KSY
Kishori Shakti Yojna (KSY)
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 Government of Kerala has adopted a State Plan of
Action for Child 2004 in which one area is
exclusively on adolescence.
The major thrust areas under the State Plan are:
 Highlight adolescent issues to create adolescent
friendly initiatives
 Commitment to health and development issues
 Adolescent programe in ICDS
 Promote Government,
collaboration
Professional
and
NGO
 Promote adolescent health care services
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Kishori Shakti Yojna (KSY)
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Major Goal
 Enhance the nutritional and health status of
the adolescent girls.
 Improvement of social status of adolescent
girls.
Implementation of KSY
 Initially the scheme was introduced in 13
project
 Subsequently extended
covering the whole State
to
150
projects
Strategies
 Sensitization of Adolescent issues among PRI
members and other stake holders.
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Kishori Shakti Yojna (KSY)
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Strategies
 Strengthening of Adolescent girls clubs in all
Anganwadis.
 Assessment of nutritional and health status of
Adolescents girls
 Survey for enlistment and identification of
beneficiaries for various programmes under KSY
 Adolescent clinics and health checkups at PHC
level
 Improving nutritional status of adolescent girls
through supplementary nutrition Anganwadis with
LSGI support.
 aStudy on child abuse, neglect and violence
 KSY will be implemented in 163 blocks during
2006-07
Empowering through mobility an initiative under MGP
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Sports kit to AG Club an initiative by PRI
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Additional inputs provided by State Government
 GOK provided financial assistance for the construction
of AW building @3 lakhs for 1472 AWCs-2005-2006 .
 Under Modernisation of Government Programme 1102
AWC have been selected for service delivery
improvement and infrastructure development. The
estimated project cost is Rs. 48 cores, out of which Rs.
20 cores spent during 2005-06.
 Conducted
training
need
analysis
for
ICDS
functionaries
 Developed training modules and organised special
training programme
 Under MGP initiatives training was imparted to all AWW
in quality service delivery
 11th Plan approach is to upgrade all AWC as
Community Resource Centres. At present 247 AWC in
14 districts have been provided with computer and
accessories.
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Additional inputs provided by State Government
 Local Self Government in the State have set
apart 10 % of the total plan allocation for women
empowerment activities and 5 % for children, old aged
and disabled persons programme.
 Government have constituted ICDS coordination
committees from Panchayath level to State level for
effective convergence of service.
 Govt. have formulated the State Plan of Action for
Child in Kerala 2004 and declared it as a Policy
Document for implementation in the State.
 State Govt. have adopted a policy to make the State
Malnutrition Free.
 Citizen Charter and Quality Circle for Anganwadis
under MGP initiative
Child friendly Anganwadis an initiative under MGP
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Nutrition garden for AG club an initiative under WCP by PRI
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