January 18
Odisha Plans To Open Play Schools In Anganwadi Kendras
Again, Odisha Government is planning some reforms in the early education of children. The plan is to to improve the quality of Education at elementary level.
Accordingly State has decided to open play schools in selected Anganwadi Kendras collocated with primary schools in urban, peri-urban and block head quarters on the lines of English Medium Nursery Schools.
Children shall be taught in NCERT curriculum, customised with common English. The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme that provides children with their first formal experience of early learning prior to commencing primary school will be attached.
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As per the design of the Programme, Children upto five years-old will attend anganwadi for supplementary nutrition programme from 9 am to 10 am and then participate in the academic activities under the guidance of the play school from 10 am to 12.30 pm before having the mid-day meal from the AWC.
Two teachers (preferably women) from each school will be trained for handling small children, ensuring proper transition from play class to Grade l, creating child-friendly learning situations.
It has been decided at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, to open 5000 play schools initially, which will take care of children, who are not enrolled in AWCs.
The departments of School and Mass Education (SME), Women and Child Development (W&CD) and SC/ST Development have been asked to jointly identify the 5,000 schools with collocated AWCs.
