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
Fully Operationalised
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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 151(35 RURAL
  PROJECTS ARE IN COASTAL AREA)
• NUMBER OF URBAN PROJECTS 11
• NUMBER OF TRIBAL PROJECTS 1
• TOTAL NUMBER OF AWCs functioning 25393
• ( RURAL 23888, URBAN 1379, TRIBAL 126)
• No. of Additional AWC Sanctioned (first phase)
  3258
• No of AWC Additionally required
  3464

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MAJOR INDICATORS

• 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

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Pre-Primary Education Current Status

• 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
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SNP Beneficiaries and Budget requirement
GOI release during 2005-06- - Rs.1738.22 lakhs
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Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP)

• Responsibility for implementation transferred to
  LSGI
• Two types of feeding Noon feeding for
  Pre-school 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

• 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 GOI
  assistance for SNP as administrative cost

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Adolescent Nutrition programme in AWC
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Medicine Kit

• Procured and supplied to all Anganwadis during
  2005-06
• Procured and supplied to all Anganwadis during
  2005-06

Pre-school Kit
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IEC

• Child Abuse survey conducted in all ICDS Projects
  and report circulated among LSGs for appropriate
  intervention.
• Celebrated International Womens 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

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UNICEF Support Sought for 2006-07

• 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
  pre-school curriculum

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Height measuring scale for Anganwadi
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Financial Norms

• 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

• 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.
• POL
• 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
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Involvement of PRIs, NGOs and SHGs

• Feeding programme including THRS implemented by
  LSGs. Cost met by Grama Panchayath and Block
  Panchayath in the ratio 21
• 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

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Involvement of PRIs, NGOs and SHGs

• 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

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Anganwadi-cum childrens park an initiative by PRI
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Implementation of Supreme Court direction dt.
7-10-2004

• 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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TH
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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TH
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 infrastructure for all Anganwadis

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Status of Infrastructure facilities
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LPG connection to AWC an initiative by PRI
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Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG)

• The Programme will be implemented in the
  state during 2006-07
• Budget outlay - 584 lakhs
• This programme may be integrated with KSY

National Nutrition mission (NNM)

• Implemented in two district - Palakkad and
  Malappuram
• Budget outlay - 300 lakhs
• May be intergrated with KSY

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Kishori Shakti Yojna (KSY)

• 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, Professional and NGO
  collaboration
• Promote adolescent health care services

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Kishori Shakti Yojna (KSY)

• 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 to 150 projects covering
  the whole State
• Strategies
• Sensitization of Adolescent issues among PRI
  members and other stake holders.

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Kishori Shakti Yojna (KSY)

• 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

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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 _at_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

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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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Thank You