LUDHIANA: To effectively monitor the nutrition supply being given to the children in
Anganwari centres, the
Ministry of Women and Child Development would hand over smartphones to Anganwadi workers of Punjab for 'instantly reporting' on a daily basis. Apart from this, officials at districts and block levels would get tabs to supervise the functioning of Anganwadi workers and centres. Ludhiana has 2,487 Anganwadi centers in its 16 blocks that include 4 urban and 12 rural blocks.
Divulging more details, District Program Officer
Rupinder Kaur said that this would help to evaluate the performance of the Anganwari workers under the scheme whether the recommended diet is being given to the children at the centres.Initially, the four districts including Ludhiana, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Mansa, and
Faridkot have been selected under Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) for the pilot project by the Ministry of Women and Child Development where Anganwari workers would get the smartphones having Common Application Software (CAS) in it.
Kaur also said, “CAS would have two applications that include Anganwadi Worker Application and Supervisor Application. Anganwadi Worker Application will function in smartphones and supervisor application will run on tabs. The Anganwari workers would enter the details including the number of children, their health status including weight, nutrient supply in the diet being given to them daily and their seniors would keep an eye on them through tabs”
She also informed that it would also give prompt reporting about nutrient supply to the children and their health updates, hence it would be easy to identify the malnourishment among children and special emphasis can be given to them by our teams. This up-gradation of the system would help to get real-time reports from the grassroot level.
