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Women Development and Child Welfare Department Principal Secretary A. Surya Kumari connected Friday said that the Andhralo Chinnarula Chaduvulu (ACCHA) task would bring a large translation successful the functioning of anganwadi centres successful Andhra Pradesh by improving the prime of aboriginal puerility education.
Speaking aft the motorboat of the programme successful Vijayawada, she described anganwadi workers arsenic the backbone of authorities payment transportation and appreciated their efforts successful taking benefits to the last-mile beneficiaries, contempt respective challenges.
Addressing anganwadi workers and officials, Ms. Surya Kumari said the unit were handling aggregate responsibilities each day, including bringing children to centres, preparing meals, maintaining records and interacting with parents.
She said portion organization deliveries had go wide accepted implicit the years, akin assurance should present beryllium built among parents toward Anganwadi centres. Although astir 11 to 12 lakh children were expected to be the centres, lone astir 8 to 8.5 lakh were presently enrolled, she said, expressing anticipation that the numbers would amended gradually.
Advising parents to walk much prime clip with children alternatively of remaining occupied with mobile phones, she besides urged NGOs and voluntary organisations to enactment successful coordination with the authorities truthful that azygous standards successful grooming and acquisition could beryllium maintained crossed centres. The authorities was taking measures to trim the workload of Anganwadi unit by providing facilities specified arsenic induction stoves successful immoderate districts, she informed and called upon Anganwadi workers to coordinate with ASHA workers, ANMs and colony sarpanches to amended the functioning of centres beyond regular ICDS activities.
NTR District Collector G. Lakshmisha said noticeable advancement had been achieved successful Anganwadi services crossed the district, but successful a fewer aspirational blocks wherever further enactment was being planned with assistance from NITI Aayog.
Women Development and Child Welfare Department Director M. Venugopal Reddy said nutritional and aboriginal puerility acquisition services were being provided done 55,746 Anganwadi centres successful the State. He said ACCHA inaugural was launched with an purpose to heighten learning done play-based methods and strengthening the skills of Anganwadi workers.
The project, initially launched successful Kuppam arsenic a aviator initiative, is present being expanded crossed Andhra Pradesh with enactment from assorted foundations and NGOs. Earlier, the logo and brochures of the ACCHA task were unveiled during the programme.
