320 anganwadi supervisors trained in early childhood education

The Delhi government has trained around 320 supervisors of anganwadi centres in early childhood education (ECE) to make children school-ready.

The supervisors were trained by experts from Pratham, an NGO, and the Centre for Early Childhood Development and Research (CECDR), Jamia Millia Islamia, an official statement said.

Their five-day-long training ended today.

"The classroom training will now be followed by two weeks of on-the-job practice sessions, which will be followed by two days of evaluation and feedback module," the statement said.

The supervisors, after completing the module, would be fully equipped to impart training to anganwadi workers.

Using this cascade model, around 10,000 anganwadi workers would be trained by the end of September, it said.
 

One supervisor is responsible for the functioning of about 25 anganwadi centres.

The allowances of anganwadi workers and helpers have recently been raised by the Delhi government. Thousands of workers had gone on a strike demanding the same, forcing many centres to stop functioning.