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A study on anganwadis in Bangalore
Date:
Name of the organization:
Location of the anganwadi centre:
Name of the data collector:
Parti
SI.
No.
1
Measures -
rouqn ooservauon / mapping
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
___________________________________________
a. Location of the building (eg. near noisy road, hazardous factory, ground floor or above)
b.
Cleanliness outside the building (eg. garbage dump, open drain, stagnant water, open
urinals and defecating area, slippery ground)
c.
Cleanliness inside (unclean room, cobwebs, dirty toilets)
d.
Building
1
Size
2
Condition - Kind of construction, leaky roof, cracked walls, peeling paint or chuna
3
Is the space used for other activities?
4
Non functional windows/door
5
Light (enough natural / artificial lighting?)
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Ventilation (is it suffocating, presence of fresh air, stuffy)
; e.
Space: Floor plan (map if possible)
I I________________________
1
I Space to store materials like charts, food stocks, records, medicine, play materiai
2
Is there a safe play area, indoor or outdoor?
3
Space for cooking?
h.
Sanitation facilities
1
Are there toilets? !f no, where do kids go eg. outside, neighbour’s house.
2
Is there water there?
3
Waste disposal methods?
I.
Water availability
1
Water for cleaning/washing?
2
Safe drinking water? Where is it stored?
3
What is the source of water?
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Safety (indoor/outdoor)
i)
Medicines out of children’s reach?
ii)
Small material likely to be swallowed?
iii)
Rusted equipment? Electric equipment?
iv)
Peeling paint?
v)
Is there a pest problem? (Rodents, weevil and worms in food)
vi)
Open well/pond
vii)
Safe staircase
2
STAFF______________________________________________________
a. Number of staff (helper, anganwadi worker, supervisor, ACDPO, CDPO)
3
CHILDREN________________________________________________
a. Total number of children on the day of visit (number of boys and girls)
b. Number of disabled children (mental, physical, hearing, visual)
4
QUALITY OF SERVICE
EDUCATION
a. What time did the centre open?
b. Observe the rhythm of the day in detail. Activities / time spent on each (songs, drama, story
telling). Are children familiar with many songs etc?
c. Were all/most of the children involved in the activity?
d.
Were the activities age appropriate, if not why (your opinion)?
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e.
What were the children who were not involved doing?
f.
Availability of play material (name the items in detail).
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If there is material, is it:
i) Made by teacher
ii) Made by children
iii) Ready made
iv) Any other observation (eg. safety)
h. Use of material in teaching/ playing (details)
i.
Is the environment child-friendly with displays (charts, pictures, hangings etc)
j. Are they teaching reading, writing, alphabets, numbers? How? Do they use primers?
k. Is there unstructured time for children to play
I.
Does AWW facilitate group play? How? (by age?)
m. Language of communication: Do children understand?
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_________________________________ HEALTH
a. Do children sleep as soon as they come to the centre?
b. Are there sick children at the center?
a.
______________________ NUTRITION AND HYGIENE
What was the food on the day of visit?
')
Quality (taste, colour, odour, children’s enjoyment, hygiene, worms)
H)
Quantity (eg. two slices)
b.
Food is served raw / cooked / ready to eat?
c.
Do they have plates?
d.
Do children eat food at the center or take it home?
e.
Are the children asked to wash their hands?
f.
Where is the food stored (rats, pests)?
g.
Where is it cooked (at the centre/helpers house)?
h.
Does the Aww feed children?
i.
«)
How many does she feed?
ii)
What age group?
Children’s cleanliness? (hair, nail, clothes, nose)
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F
Does Aww play a role in cleaning and grooming the children?
| k.
Materials they have (weighing machine, stove, vessels)
SOCIAL INTERACTION
a. Are children encouraged to ask questions?
I Does AW worker respond to the queries of the child?
Is the AWW sensitive to the children? eg. Does she know the children by name?
I
Is there interaction between children?
d. Document negative / positive interactions between AW worker and the children.
e.
Comments on how the observer felt?
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A study on anganwadis in Bangalore
Date:
Name of the data collector:
Name of the organization:
Location of the anganwadi centre:
Part-2
SL
No.
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
1
a. Space:
i)
Measures-----uesucnnaire
Where do you store materials like charts, food stocks, records, medicine, play material?
ii) Where do children play? (indoor and outdoor games), How far is it? Is it safe enough for the
children to play?
iii)
Where do you cook?
1
Is there a school near by? How far is it from the centre? Is it government or private?
2
Is there a creche near by? How far is it from the centre? Is it government or private?
3
What kind of relationship do you have with the school and the creche?
2
STAFF________________________________________________________________________
a. Number of staff [helper, Anganwadi worker, supervisor (permanent or temporary) adolescent girl
helpers?]
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b. Staff qualification and history of training
Anganwadi worker
| Nature of training / qualification
Helper
Qualification
In-service training
pre- service training
refresher training
Job training course (JCT)
any others
c.
Anganwadi worker
Helper
Anganwadi worker
Helper
Date of training
Date of joining
cL
Total years of experience
Years of experience at the center
e. Salary/benefits
i)
How much? (scale different for SSLC pass and fail)
ii)
When paid, regular or late?
Hi)
Other benefits (eg. food, maternity leave - did they have problems availing it)
iv)
From other schemes?(eg. pulse polio, Stree shakti)
v)
Leave rules
f. Where is your home? Are you from this area/ community?
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g. How do you travel to the center? What time do you take to reach the center?
h.
What happens If you don’t come?
If the helper doesn’t come?
When both of you don’t come?
3
CHILDREN_________________________________
a. How many children have come to the center today?
Number of boys?
Number of girls?
b.
How many disabled children come to the center? If any, what kind of disability?
(mental, physical, hearing, visual)
c.
Do younger children (0-3) come to the center, How many? Why?
Do older children (above 6 years) come to the center? How many? Why?
Do girls above 6 years of age come? How many? Why?
d.
Reasons for absence (sick, festival, work at home, native place)
e. Are there any regular absentees? How many? Why?
4
QUALITY OF SERVICE
HEALTH
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| Where do you send them for toilet?
When do you send them for toilet?
I_____________
: b. How do the children manage their toilet?
I c.
Do any children sleep as soon as they come to the centre? Why?
d.
Do children with common sickness (eg. fever, cold, ear infections/ skin / scabies) come to the
center? If so, how do they handle them?
|
e. Referrals: Where do you send sick children? (PHC, ANMs, Pvt. hospitals, others)
! f. How often do you weigh the children? Why?
NUTRITION AND HYGIENE
a. Weekly food schedule (write down)
b. Food is served raw / cooked / ready to eat
c. Do the children eat food at the centre or take it home? Why?
d. What time is the food served
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e.
How many others come during the mealtime? Who are they?
i) 0-3 years kids
I
ii) Pregnant and lactating mothers (6 months)
I
iii) Older siblings(above 6years age)
f.
What do you feel about the food you serve? Your opinion about the quality of the food served
(taste, smell)
g.
Was there no food any day, why?
f
i.
5
Where is the food cooked?
What role do you play in cleaning and grooming the children? (nails, clothes, nose, hair)
PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT___________
a. When was the Anganwadi center started?
b. Does Dept of Women & Child, or State Social Welfare Board run the anganwadi?
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A study on anganwadis in Bangalore
Date:
Name of the data collector
Name of the organization:
Location of the anganwadi:
Part-3
Measures
SL
No,
Interview
‘STAFF____________________________________
| a. How do you feel about your work? Are you happy?
b. Personal profile (AWWs Caste, where does she send her children?)
c. What is the role of supervisor? What is he/she most interested in?
j
I (How often does she visit, inputs given, Aww's expectation of supervisor, nature of interaction—does |
I she support?)
|
I____________
d. What all work do you do? (anything she sees burdensome? Any confusion about her job
responsibility?) Any other work she does? (eg. election, KEB, NGO work)
12
I CHILDREN
I a. What is the background of the children? What kind of caste, language, class, religion,
I Socio-economic background, do they come from?
I b. How do you decide age of the child?
3
QUALITY OF SERVICE
' EDUCATION
1
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a.
What activities do you do with the children?
i)
What do you enjoy? Why? What do you not enjoy? Why?
H)
What do the children enjoy? Why? What do the children not enjoy? Why?
b. Is there a program schedule? Do you have it?
What do you think of it?
How rigidly do you follow it?
c. Is there a daily plan?
d. Are you teaching reading, writing, and numbers? How?
e. How do children learn? What materials / activities do they use? Are these materials bought or
made by you?
f. How helpful / relevant was the training, related to the educational activities you carry out?
g. Is there unstructured time for children to play?
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HEALTH
| a. Do you organize health checkups? (monthly, weekly, others)
\Nho does it? How is it followed up? Does the ANM visit?
Hy
What haopens if a child nets hurt? Do you provide first aid? Is there a kit?
i c.
Do you organize immunization camps?
I d.
Do you treat malnourished children seoaratelv?
u
Do you provide inputs on health education (cleanliness, diseases like fever, cold, diarrhea)
I
I
e
To whom? How often? What topics? Any problems in talking to the community?
r
j RECORDS- Qualitative details
|a
What all records do you maintain?
b. AWWs understanding of the records.
What do you think about keeping records?
, Are there any records that you feel can be done away with?
I Any records you feel must be kept'? (How useful are they?)
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c.
AWWs analysis of records. Do you understand its implications?
Have you taken any action based on the records?
5
COMMUNITY
a. What role does the community play in running this center? In what way?(eg. food, space, welfare)
b.
How often do you visit homes? Is it easy? What problems do you face?
c. Is there a Bal Vikas Samiti? What does it do?
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A study on anganwadis in Bangalore
Name of the data collector.
Date:
Location of the anganwadi center:
Name of the organization:
Part - 4
Note:
• See that the records are there.
• See what is in the records.
• Get AWWs understanding of the records.
• Use other related records to cross check the data in the records (eg. details on number of
malnourished children to be checked against the food distribution record)
Measures — Document analysis
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No.
F
L
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CHILDREN_____________________________________________________________________
a. Age group of the children (0-3. 3-6)
| b. Demographic profile (caste, class, religion, socio-economic background, language)
I EDUCATION
I a. Monthly / yearly program schedule? Do you follow it? Is it easy to be followed? If not what kind of
| problems do you come across?
| b.
Daily plan
I
II
c. Pre-school activity book
3
I
1
RECORDS /FILES____________________________________
| Health records of children and pregnant & lactating Mothers
I
| a. Immunization record
b. Growth & weight record (number of malnourished children / degrees of malnourishment. Check
whether they give additional food to them)
c. Children's attendance register (Note the day s attendance, average attendance in the month, any
seasonal variation?)
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d. Health check up record/ referrals
e. iron and folic acid distribution for pregnant and lactating mothers
f. Pregnant and lactating mothers register
I
I g. Mothers meeting/ nutrition camp
B
Administrative records
a. Attendance records of the AWW
b. Stock records
c. Financial records
d Ration register
e. Staff attendance register ( Supervisors visit record)
f. Medicines issued
g. Daily duties
h. Fixed assets register
I. Maintenance register to buy broom, phenol / contingency register
j. Visitors book (find out whether CDPO has visited)
C Community related records
a. Survey book
b. Beneficiaries register (Rs 500 given to mothers after she delivers her first and second child)
c. Home visit record
d. Death register
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D
Any other records they have to keep?
A study on anganwadis in Bangalore
Date:
Name of the data collector.
Name of the organization:
Location of the anganwadi center:
Part - 5
M ea s u re s — G ro u y fc om m u n 11y d I s c u s s I o n
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2
a.
What do you (community) think about the anganwadi?
i)
What are the benefits of it?
ii)
Do you feel it helps children go to school?
iii)
Do you interact with AW worker? How often?
b.
What time does the A/W open?
c.
How do you participate in the functioning of AWs? (monitoring, time, food, fuel, etc)
STAFF___________________________
| a. Do you know how AWW was recruited?
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b. What is your opinion about the attendance of staff, and the time spent at the AWC?
c. What happens when the ASN\N/ helper do not come?
d. What other work does AWW do?
3
CHILDREN_________________________________________________________________
a. What is the total number of children coming to the center on an average and what is the age
group of these children?
b. Reasons for absence (sick, festival, work at home, visiting native place, out of town)
c.
4
Any children who never go? Why? (caste, age)
QUALITY OF SERVICE
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A
EDUCATION____________________________
a. Do you fee! the children have leamt anything?
k
I
What do you expect the AW’s to teach?
jcT Do children like to go to the AW?
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What is the language of instruction? Do children understand the AWW?
e.
Any changes that you have observed in the children? (health / education)
HEALTH
B
| a. Does AWW organize health checkups? (monthly, weekly)
Who does the checkup? How often is it followed up?
b. Does AWW organize immunization camps?
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c. Does AWW provide nutrition education (nutritional value of food, recipes)?
To whom? How often? What topics?
d. Does AWW provide inputs on health education, to whom, how often, on what topics,
(cleanliness, diseases like fever, cold, diarrhea)
e.
How often does MV\N weigh the children? Why?
f.
Are the children given any first aid when they are hurt?
C NUTRITION AND HYGIENE'
a. Does the mother feed the child before sending her to the AW centre?
b.
Food is served raw or cooked?
c. Children eat food at the center or take it home? Why?
d. What time is the food served?
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| e. How many people come during the mealtime? Who are they| i) 0-3 years olds
| ii) Pregnant women, lactating mothers
I iii) Older siblings(above 6 years of age)
Quality & kind of the food served (AW/kids/mums perception of this?)
g.
AWV^s involvement in feeding: Does the AWW feeding the children? Of what age? How
many children?
| h. Does the AWW play a role in grooming (Hair, nails, clothes, nose)
i
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A study on anganwadis in Bangalore
Date:
organization:
Name of the
Location of the anganwadi centre:
collector:
Name of the data
Part 1
SI.
Measures - Through observation / mapping
NO.
1__
Qla
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT________________________________________________________
a. Location of the building (eg. near noisy road, hazardous factory, ground
floor or above)
41
1. Adequate
--( It is good, ground floor, no noise from the road, no harmful factories, no
problem, in a hall, near a garden, bullock carts on the roads, near a temple,
one more school, AW, big place)
2. Noisy
--------- 14
(Next to the road, noisy, noise from the flour mill/ factory/vehicles, no
problem,)
Qlb
b.
Cleanliness outside the building (eg. garbage dump, open drain, stagnant
water, open urinals and defecating area, slippery ground)
1. Clean
---- 26
(cleanliness is good, there is drainage - not harmful, outside is clean)
2. Dirty - garbage
--- 7
(garbage throw the garbage out, throw the garbage in front, the garbage bin is
in the front)
3. Dirty - other
-- 31
( outside is not clean, public toilet outside, drainage is there, water from
vessels/clothes washed, children urinate just outside)
Qlc
c. Cleanliness inside (unclean room, cobwebs, dirty toilets)
1. Clean --( inside is clean, no cobwebs)
2. Unclean
( inside not clean, cobwebs are there)
Qld
d.
Building
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Idl
Size
1. Adequate -------(lot of place to sit, big place)
2. Small (sitting problem)
Q Idl: Physical Environment: Size
Cobwebs are there
Kitchen is dark
State of the building is
Kitchen not clean
Kitchen is there
(not clear)
ld2
7
1
2
2
1
Condition - Kind of construction, leaky roof, cracked walls, peeling paint or
chuna
1. Adequate
---9
(good, state of the building is good, no damage, no need to paint /lime wash,
wall is good, RCC building)
2. Poor condition --3
(paint, needs painting, kitchen is dark, needs limewash /paint, old building)
3. Structural problems ---- 33
(leaky roof, peeling paint, sheet roof)
ld3
Is the space used for other activities?
1. No
10
2. Yes -related
(anganwadi, school)
6
3. Yes- unrelated ----- 17
(sangha, helpers house, temple, meeting)
ld4
Non functional windows/doors
1. No doors and windows :
(no door, no windows)
1
2. Non-functional windows and doors: ---- 18
(windows not good, windows don't have rods, door no windows, non functional
windows, doors not good)
3. Functional windows and doors : ---- 29
(windows with rods, windows are good, no door for the store room, doors are
good)
Id5
Light (enough natural / artificial lighting?)
1. Natural light --2. Artificial light
ld6
Ventilation
1. Adequate
2. Inadequate
Qle
36
4
(is it suffocating, presence of fresh air, stuffy)
21
8
Space: Floor plan (map if possible)
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lei
Space to store materials like charts, food stocks,
material
records, medicine, play
1. Adequate----- 27
(33)
(Boxes, space to store, cupboards/bureau)
2. Inadequate ------- 0
(no, space to store food only)
Ie2
Is there a safe play area. indoor or outdoor?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Ie3
Indoor yes
Indoor no
Outdoor yes
Outdoor no
17
7
— 6
- 17
Space for cooking?
1. Adequate cooking conditions (helpers home
2. Inadequate cooking conditions (done in a corner, outside)
3. No cooking (place is there but do not cook)
Qlh
Sanitation facilities
Ihl
Are there toilets? If no, where do kids go eg. Outside, neighbour's house.
l.No toilets--- 28
(children go outside, use public toilets)
2. Functional toilets
(yes)
3
3. Non-functional toilets
(staff using, kids not using)
Ih2
7
Is there water there?
— 2 (11)
1. No (no water)
-- 3 (7)
2. Adequate (water is there)
3. Inadequate (very little water)
Ih3
Waste disposal methods?
1. Yes
- 0 (13)
(through vehicle that comes, garbage box)
2. No
--- 23 (20)
(throw in front of anganwadi, throw the garbage out, the garbage bin is in the
front)
Qli
Water availability
lil
Water for cleaning/washing?
1. Yes
2. No
22
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What is the source of water?
1. Running source
-- 20 (29)
(share water with the school, borewell / tap, cauvery water, corporation
water)
4
2. Stored
(bottled, steel drum)
3. None
-- 1
(no drinking water)
Qlj
Safety (indoor/outdoor)
Medicines out of children's reach?
i)
1. Safe
2. Unsafe
27
6
Small material likely to be swallowed?
ii)
1. Yes
------ 24
(cigrate butts, stone as a step)
2.No
13
iii)
Rusted equipment? Electric equipment?
iv)
Is there a pest problem? (Rodents, weevil and worms in food)
1. Yes
---- (12) 5
(rats, rodents, worms)
2. No------ (25) 3
(no pests, mosquitoes are there)
v)Open well/pond
1. Yes(well)
2. No(tap, no)
— 3 (0)
--- 30
vi)Safe staircase
1. Safe---20
(no stairs, safe)
2. Unsafe
Q2
STAFF
2a
a.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
10
Number of staff
(helper, anganwadi worker, supervisor, ACDPO, CDPO)
Anganwadi worker
26
Helper
--26
Supervisor --- 16
ACDPO
----- 4
CDPO ------ 7
Other people/ saw only one person --
4
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Q3
3a
CHILDREN_____________________________________________________________________
a.
Total number of children on the day of visit (number of boys and girls)
5
Less than 10
10-15
--3
15-20
--- 10
20-25
--- 9
25-30 ---- 7
3b
b.
Number of disabled children (mental, physical, hearing, visual)
1. Yes
2. No
3. Numbers (0-5)
Q4
QUALITY OF SERVICE
4a
a. What time did the centre open?
EDUCATION
1.
2.
3.
4.
4b
9- 10
---- 24
10- 10.30 --- 8
10.30-11 (teacher comes in later?)
Closed ---- 2
4
b. Observe the rhythm of the day in detail. Activities / time spent on each
(songs, drama, story telling). Are children familiar with many songs etc?
1. No activity
(no activities.
----2 (7)
AWW does not get children to do activities)
2. Educational activity
-- 11( 9)
(children know songs, they clapped did action, all the children were involved,
they were playing house, dolls, AWW with kids)
3. Non educational activity --- 20 (3)
(crying, fighting, no educational activity, helper cannot teach children,
daily children are not taught, only when supervisor comes , AWW writing
records)
4c
c.
Were all/most of the children involved in the activity?
1. Most of the children were involved --- 12 (2)
(Yes, With the help of elder children, all the children were involved)
2. Few were involved -- 4 (0)
(Some did not join the ac. Saw only one person)
3. No body was involved/ No activity -- 19 (0)
(No, Some children were crying. Just sitting, fighting, shouting, just
playing, no activity)
4d
d. Were the activities age appropriate, if not why (your opinion)?
1. Appropriate
10
2. Inappropriate --- 4
(Some did not join the activity. Activities not according)
3. No activity
4
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e. Availability of play material (name the items in detail).
Part I: List all the play materials that were seen (Ball, slate, dolls,
puzzle etc)
Yes
Dolls
Kitchen set
Jigsaw puzzles
Horse
Stationary
Letter charts
Animal charts
Abacus
Vegetable chart
Color chart
Small car
Building set
Skipping rope
Ring
Wooden toys
Plastic animals
Balls
Slates
Beads to string
Charts are there
Broken piece of toys
-13
- 7
- 5
- 8
- 11
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 13
- 7
- 8
- 5
- 13
- 3
- 1
Part II:
1. Not seen
(Not seen / don't know Nothing seen)
5
3
2. Seen in cupboard
(carefully stored away)
3. Adequate
(materials are there)
4. Inadequate
(no play material except slate, not sufficient)
4g
g-
If there is material, is it:
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
Made by teacher
Made by children
Ready made
From the department
6
9
8
8
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4h
h.
Use of material in teaching/ playing (details)
1. Materials in use (1 old)
Charts
Dolls
Kitchen set
Jigsaw puzzles
Maps
Number charts
Letter charts
Animal charts
Vegetable chart
Color chart
Made picture using stone
Topi aata
Materials are there
Wooden toys
Plastic animals
Balls
Beads to string
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2 Materials not in use
--Maps
Number charts
Letter charts
Animal charts
Vehicle
Taught alphabets
Wooden toys
Balls
Nothing seen
Not given to the children
Slate is given to the children
4i
(14)
- 6
- 2
- 5
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 6
- 2
Is the environment child-friendly with displays (charts, pictures, hangings
etc)
1. Adequate
(20)
(environment is good, charts are there)
2. Inadequate
(10)
(environment not attractive)
4j
Are they teaching reading, writing, alphabets, and numbers? How? Do they
use primers?
1. Yes
2. No
4k
k.
1.
2.
3.
4.
8
26
(17)
(16)
Is there unstructured time for children to play
Yes
No
Don't know / not seen
Sometimes
(24) 26
4
(4)
1
(0)
(2)
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F
41
Language of communication: Do children understand?
1. Understand
( yes, children understand)
16
2. Don't understand
(AWW does not speak)
4
3.. Understand a little
0
Q5
___________________________________ HEALTH_____________ ________
5a
a.
Do children sleep as soon as they come to the centre?
Yes
No
Not seen / Don't know
5b
6
23
2
b.
Are there sick children at the center?
1. Yes (injured child)
2. No
__ Q6
a.
6a
NUTRITION AND HYGIENE__________________________
What was the food on the day of visit?
Quality
i)_
Quality is good
Quality is not good
Has mud
ii)
29
3
1
Quantity
Bread 2 slices
Chitranna - 1 ladle
Laddu - 1
Energy food
Sweet pongal - 1 ladle/k
6b
b.
17
6
5
4
1
Food is served raw / cooked / ready to eat?
Cooked
Ready to eat
6c
c.
10
21
Do they have plates?
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
6d
d.
Club food and the quantity
22
8
Do children eat food at the center or take it home?
All take home
All eat here
Some take home
23
10
10
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6e
Are the children asked to wash their hands?
e.
16
15
1
Yes
No
Not seen / Don't know
6f
f. Where is it cooked (at the centre/helpers house)?
- 15
1. In the centre
(Kitchen is there, Cooking is done in a corner. Cooking is done in open
the center)
6g
2. Helpers house
0
3. No cooking
(No /is not there, Ready to eat. No cooking is done)
14
g-
In
Does the Aww feed children?
1. Yes
2. No
What age group?
1.
2.
3.
4.
6h
0-2 years
3-6 years
sick children
Injured children
h. Children's cleanliness? (hair, nail, clothes, nose)
1. Clean
(Children are clean)
11
2. Not clean
- 13
(Helper cleans the children. Children are not clean, AWW is not bothered,
Helper not bothered, AWW is busy with other vocation. Parents are told about
clean,
3. some are clean
- 19
(Some were clean, some were okay. Some did not have clean, Some children are
not clean)
6i i. Does Aww play a role in cleaning and grooming the children?
1. Yes
(AWW cleans the children)
1
2. No
- 17
(AWW scolded the children. They just tell the parent, Parents are told about
clean, AWW does not clean the clean, Tells mother to clean)
3. Don't know
0
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6j j.
Materials they have (weighing machine, stove, vessels) List all the
materials (box, table chair etc....)
Telephone
Sewing machine
Mats
Broom
Bindige
Water filter
Television
Boxes
Cupboards/Bureau
Table
Chairs
Charts
Board
Bench
Glasses
Plastic buckets
Plates
Weighing machine
Vessels
Drum to store water
Mane (Flat boards)
Jug
Spoon
Bags
mora
Stove
SOCIAL INTERACTION
Q7
7a
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
13
21
24
23
6
2
1
9
6
15
18
23
14
13
2
3
2
1
7
a.
Are children encouraged to ask questions?
1. Yes--2. No---3. Not seen / Don't know
8
15
1
Does AW worker respond to the queries of the child?
-- 0
1. Yes
2. No
-- 4
(AWW did not answers question, AWW does not talk properly)
7b
b.
Is the AWW sensitive to the children? eg. Does she know the children by
name?
1. Yes
31
(Yes, AWW knows children's name)
2. No --- 4
(No, AWW is distant from them)
7c
c.
Is their interaction between children?
1. Yes
--- 20
(Yes, Sometimes)
2. No
2
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d. Document negative / positive interactions between AW worker and the
children.
1. Positive-18
(Yes, AWW has +ve interaction, Ayyah looks after the children, AWW with the
children)
2. Negative
-- 10
(Helper scolds, AWW has -ve interaction, AWW writing records. Helper shows a
stick to children)
3. No interaction --- 2
(Not seen / Don't know, AWW does not get children)
e.
Comments on how the observer felt?
1. Positive
2. Negative (AWW was worried)
3. No observation (teacher comes late)
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A study of Anganwadis in Bangalore - Part II
Qlai where do you store materials like charts, food stocks,
records, medicine, play material?
Safe
Not safe
Kept in helper's house
31
2
1
Qla2. Where do children play?
No space indoor but outdoor is there
Space indoor no space outdoor
No space
16
21
0
Qla3.Where do you cook?
At helpers house
Ready food served
In the Kendra
- 0
- 2 (should be more in number)
- 11
Q6bl (part2) Food served
raw /cooked/ready to eat?
Raw
- 0
Cooked
- 13
Ready to eat
- 21
Qbl.Is There a school near by? How far it is from the center?
Is it government or Private?
Yes government
Yes Private
No
32
8
2
Qlb2. Is there a creche near by? How far is it from the
center? Is it government or private?
Yes government
Yes Private
No
5
3
16
Qlb3.What kind of relation do you have with the school and
creche?
No relation - 11
Good Relation/ School and creche activities are together - 21
Q2al.Number of staff
Anganwadi worker (teacher)
Helper
Members
29
31
18 (who are these members?)
1
Q2dl.Total year of experience
-0
<Than 1 year
1 to 5 years
-0
5 to 10
-3
10 to 15
- 32
15 to 20
-0
-0
>20
Q2d2.Years of experience at the center
0-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20
- 0
0-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20
- 5
Q2gl. How do you travel to the center?
Walking
- 13
Bus
- 23
What time do you take to reach the center?
< 15 mins
- 10
16
30 mins
- 6
31
- 3
45 mins
45
60 mins
- 5
> 60 mins
- 4
Q2hl. what happens if you don’t come?
Call up & inform
-1
Helper works
- 31
-1
Other AW people work
Close the anganwadi
-1
Q2h2. If the helper doesn't come?
AWW works
Other AW people work
School people help
Close the anganwadi
26
2
3
1
Q2h3. When both of you don’t come?
Other people help
Never happened till now
Helper works
Other AW people work
School people help
Close the anganwadi
1
4
1
5
9
9
Q3al How many children have come to the center today?
0-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20
- 0
0-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20
- 0
Q3b How many disabled children come to the centre? If any,
what kind of disability?
Mentally retarded child
1
2
Q3dl Reasons for the absence.
10
16
25
1
16
1
2
2
Visit to native place
Festival
Fever/sickness
Mothers are not interested
Go out of town
Some children cannot
Go to temple
Death in family
Q3el Are there any regular absentees? How many? Why?
Yes (Reasons)
- 14
No
- 17
4al: where do you send them for toilet?
10
10
2
3
1
Children go out
No toilets
Public toilet next door
Children not using the toilet
Children go home
4a2:when do you send them for toilet?
1
Whenever they ask
4b2: How do the children manage their toilet?
5
12
1
Yes they manage
No they don't manage
Helper helps children
Q4dl Do the children with common sickness come to the center?
- 0
Yes
- 27
No
How do you handle them?
2
3
2
27
4
6
PHC
Pvt. Hospitals/Clinics
Govt Hospital
Give medicines
Send children home
Tell the parents to take
Q4el Referrals? Where do you send sick children?
17
2
8
9
2
PHC
ANMs
Pvt Hospitals/Clinics
Govt Hospital
Tell the parents to take
?>
Q4fl How often do you weigh the children? Why?
No weighing
- 2
Monthly weighing
- 33
Q6al Weekly food Schedule
Bread 2 slices
Chitranna 1 ladle
Energy food and laddu
Sweet pongal 1 ladle
Energy food daily
17
10
1
5
4
Q6bl Food served raw /cooked/ready to eat?
Raw
- 0
Cooked
- 13
Ready to eat
- 21
Q6cl Do the children eat at the center or take it home? Why?
“0
Yes
No (take home)
- 15
-0
Sometimes
Q6fl What do you feel about the food served? Your opinion
about the quality of the food served (taste, Smell)
Quality is good
(Good, Children like it)
29
Quality is not good
- 15
(Has mud, Not cooked properly. Broken piece)?
Q6gl was there no food any day, why?
Yes (mention reasons)
- 14
No
- 13
Q6hl where is the food cooked?
Helpers house
- 7
In the center
- 0
Others
“ 0
(part 1) Where is the food cooked?
1. In the centre -- 15
(Kitchen is there, Cooking is done in a corner. Cooking is done in open
center)
2. Helpers house
0
3. No cooking
---- 14
(No /is not there, Ready to eat. No cooking is done)
4
In the
Q6il What role does AWW play in cleaning and grooming the
children?
Clean
--(AWW checks once a week)
3
Do not clean -----7
(AWW is not bothered. Helper is not bothered, AWW is busy with other
vocation, Parents are told about cleanliness, AWW does not clean, Tells
mother to clean. Send children home)
Q5al when was anganwadi center started?
<1 year
- 17
I- 5 years
-4
6-10 years
- 15
II- 15 years
-1
-0
16-20 years
> 25years
-0
Q5bl Does Dept of Women & child or social welfare board runs
the anganwadi?
Dept of Women & Child
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k study on anganwadis in Bangalore
Date:
Name of the data collector:
Name of the organization:
Location of the anganwadi centre:
Parti
si.
No.
1
Measures - tnrough ooservation / mapping
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT_________
a.
Location of the building
(e.g. near noisy road, hazardous factory, ground
floor or above)
b.
Cleanliness outside the building
(e.g. garbage dump, open drain, stagnant water,
open urinals and defecating area, slippery ground)
c.
Cleanliness inside
(unclean room, cobwebs, dirty toilets)
d.
Building
Size
i)
Condition - Kind of construction, leaky
Ii)
roof, cracked walls, peeling paint or chuna
is the space used for other activities?
iii)
iv)
Non functional windows/door
e.
Light
(enough natural / artificial lighting?)
f.
Ventilation
(is it suffocating, presence of fresh air, stuffy)
g
Space: Floor plan (map if possible)
i) Space to store materials like charts, food stocks,
records, medicine, play material?
ii) Is there a safe play area, indoor or outdoor?
iii) Space for cooking?
h.
Sanitation facilities
Are there toilets? If no, where do kids go
e.g. outside, neighbour’s house.
Is there water there ?
ii)
Waste disposal methods?
iii)
i)
i.
Water availability
Water for deaning/washing?
i)
Safe drinking water? Where is it stored?
ii)
what is the source of water?
ii)
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Safety (indoor/outdoor)
i) Medicines out of children's reach?
ii) Small material likely to be swallowed?
iii) Rusted equipment? Electric equipment?
iv) Peeling paint?
v) Is there a pest problem ?
(rodents, weevil and worms in food)
vi) open weil/pond
vii) safe staircase
2
STAFF___________________________________
a. Number of staff
( helper, Anganwadi worker, supervisor, ACDPO,
CDPO)
3
CHILDREN _______________________________
a. Total number of children on the day of visit.
( number of boys and girts)
b.
4
Number of disabled children
(mental, physical, hearing, visual)
QUALITY OF SERVICE
A
EDUCATION____________________
a. What time did the centre open?
b. Observe the rhythm of the day in detail.
i) Activities / time spent on each (songs, drama, story
telling)
ii) Are children familiar with many songs etc?
c. Were all/most of the children involved in the
activity?
d.
Were the activities age appropriate, if not Why
(your opinion)?
e.
What were children who were not involved
doing?
f.
Availability of play material (name the items in
detail).
g-
If there is material, is it:
i) made by teacher
ii) made by children
iii) readymade
iv) any other observation(e.g. safety)
h.
Use of material in teaching/ playing (details)
i.
Is the environment child-friendly with displays
(charts, pictures, hangings etc)
j.
Are they teaching reading, writing, alphabets,
numbers? How? Do they use primers?
k.
Is there unstructured time for children to play
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I.
Does AWW facilitate group play? How?
(by age?)
m. Language of communication: Do children
understand?
B HEALTH__________________________________
I a. Do children sleep as soon as they come to the
centre?^
b. Are there sick children at the center?
^7^
C NUTRITION AND HYGIENE__________________
a.
What was the food on the day of visit.
Quality (taste, colour, odour, children’s
i)
enjoyment, hygiene, worms)
Quantity (e.g. two slices)
ii)
b.
Food is served raw / cooked / ready to eat?
c.
Do they have plates ?
c.
Do children eat food at the center or take it
home?
e.
Are the children asked to wash their hands?
f.
Where is the food stored (rats, pests)?
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Where is it cooked (at the centre/helpers house)?
h.
Does the Aww feed children?
i)
how many does she feed?
ii)
What age group?
i.
Children’s cleanliness? (hair, nail, clothes, nose)
j-
Does Aww play a role in cleaning and
grooming the children?
k.
Materials they have (weighing machine, stove,
vessels)
D SOCIAL INTERACTION____________________
a. Are children encouraged to ask questions?
Does worker respond to the queries of the
child?
b.
Is the AWW sensitive to the children?
e.g. Does she know the children by name?
c.
Is there interaction between children?
d.
Negative / positive interactions observed
e.
Comments on how the observer felt?
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A study on anganwadis in Bangalore
Date:
Name of the data collector:
Name of the organization:
Location of the anganwadi centre:
SL
No.
1
Part-2
Measures----- nrouqn Questionnaire
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ______________
a. Space:
i) Where do you store materials like
charts, food stocks, records, medicine,
Play material?
ii) Where do children play? (indoor and
outdoor games), How far is it? Is it
safe enough for the children to play?
iii) Where do you cook?
b. School:
Is there a school near by?
How far is it from the centre?
Is it government or private?
c. Crdche
Is there a creche near by?
How far is it from the centre?
Is it government or private?
Are there any other shishu vihars?
d. What kind of relationship do you have with the
school and the creche?
2
STAFF___________________ _________________
a. Number of staff
[helper, Anganwadi worker, supervisor (permanent or
temporary) adolescent girl helpers?]
b. Staff qualification and history of training
Nature of training / qualification
Anganwadi worker
Qualification
In-service training
pre- service training
refresher training
Job training course (JCT)
any others
4
Helper
Anganwadi worker
c.
Helper
Date of training
Date of joining
Anganwadi worker
d.
Helper
Total years of experience
Years of experience at the center
e. Salary/benefits
How much? (scale different for SSLC pass and
i)
fail)
When paid, regular or late
ii)
Other benefits (e.g. food, maternity leave- did
iii)
they have problems availing it?)
iv)
From other schemes?(e.g. pulse polio, Stree
shakti)
Leave rules
v)
f. Where is your home? Are you from this area/
community?
g. How do you travel to the center? What time do you
take to reach the center?
h.
3
What happens If you don’t come?
If the helper doesn’t come?
When both of you don’t come?
CHILDREN____________________________
a. How many children have come to the center
today?
Number of boys?
Number of girls?
b.
How many disabled children come to the center?
If any what kind of disability?
(mental, physical, hearing, visual)
c.
Do younger children (0-3) come to the center, How
many? Why?
Do older children (above 6 years) come to the
Center ? How many? Why?
Do girls above 6 years of age come? How many?
Why?
d.
Reasons for absence
(sick, festival, work at home, native place)
e. Are there any regular absentees? How many?
Why?
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QUALITY OF SERVICE
A HEALTH
Where do you send them for toilet?
When do you send them for toilet?
b.
How do the children manage their toilet?
c. Do any children sleep as soon as they come to the
Centre? Why?
d.
Do children with common sickness (e.g. fever, cold,
ear infections/ skin / scabies) come to the center? If so
how do they handle them?
f. Referrals: Where do you send sick children?
(PHC, ANMs, Pvt hospitals, others)
g. How often do you weigh the children? Why?
B NUTRITION AND HYGIENE
a. Weekly food schedule (write down)
b. Food is served raw / cooked / ready to eat
c. Do the children eat food at the centre or take it
home? Why?
d. What time is the food served
How many others come during the mealtime? Who are
theyi) 0-3 years kids
ii) Pregnant and lactating mothers (6 months)
iii) Older siblings
f. What do you feel about the food you serve? Your
opinion about the quality of the food served(taste, smell)
Do you have any problems in cooking or storing
g.
Was there no food any day, why?
h.
Where is the food cooked?
i. Does Aww play a role in cleaning and grooming the
children? (nails, clothes, nose, hair)
5
PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT _______
a.
When was the Anganwadi center started?
b.
Does Dept of Women & Child, or State Social
Welfare Board run the anganwadi?
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A study on anganwadis in Bangalore
Date:
Name of the data collector:
Name of the organization:
Location of the anganwadi centre:
Part-5
SL No. Measures — interviev___________________
1
STAFF___________________________________
a. How do you feel about your work? Are you_
happy?
b. Personal profile
(AWW’s Caste, where does she send her
children?)
c. What is the role of supervisor? What is
he/she most interested in?
(how often does she visit, inputs given, Aww’s
expectation of supervisor, nature of interaction—does
she support?)
What is the role of CDPO? What is he/she
most interested in?
(how often does she visit, inputs given, Aww’s
expectation, nature of interaction—does she support?)
d.
What all work do you do?
(anything she sees burdensome?Any
confusion about her job responsibility?)
Any other work she does? (e.g. election, KEB,
NGO work)
2
CHILDREN_______________________
What is the background of the children?
What kind of caste, language, class,
religion, socio-economic background, do
they come from?
b. How do you decide age of the child?
QUALITY OF SERVICE
3
A
EDUCATION
What activities do you do with the children?
i)
What do you enjoy? Why? What do
you not enjoy? Why?
What do the children enjoy? Why?
ii)
What do the children not enjoy? Why?
<3
there a program schedule? Do you have it?
What do you think of it? How rigidly do you
Follow it?
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c. isSere^adaiiypian?
d. Are you teaching reading, writing, and
numbers? How?
v
e. How do children leam?
What materials / activities do they use? Are these
materials bought or made by you?
f.
How helpful / relevant was the training,
related to the educational activities you
carry out?
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g. Is there unstructured time for children to
play?
B HEALTH
a. Do you organize health checkups?
(monthly, weekly, others)
Who does it? How is it followed up? Does the
ANM visit?
b.
What happens if a child gets hurt? Do-you
provide first aid? Is therekit?
c.
Do-youorganize immunization camps?
d.
Do you treat malnourished children
separately?
f. Do you provide inputs on health education
(cleanliness, diseases like fever, cold, diarrhea)
To whom? How often? What topics? Any problems in
talking to the community?
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f.
Do you provide inputs on nutrition
education (nutritional value of food, recipes)
To whom? How often? What topics? Any
problems in talking to the community?
4
RECORDS- Qualitative details
a. What all records do you maintain?
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b.
AWWs understanding of the records.
i) What do you think about keeping
records?
ii) are there any records that you feel can
be done away with?
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j
iii) Any records you feel must be kept?^
(How useful are they?)
c. AWWs analysis of records.
Do you understand its Implications?
Have you taken any action based on the
records?
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2
COMMUNITY
a. What role does the community play in running
this center?
b.
In what way?(e.g. food, space, welfare)
C.
How often do you visit homes
What problems do you face?
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d. Is there a Bal Vikas Samiti? What does it do?
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A study on anganwadis in Bangalore
Date:
Name of the data collector:
Name of the organization:
Location of the anganwadi center:
Part - 4
Note :
• See that the records are there.
• See what is in the records.
• Get AWWs understanding of the records.
• Use other related records to cross check the data in the records (e g. details on number of malnourished
children to be checked against the food distribution record)
SL
No.
1
Measures — document analysis
CHILDREN____________________
a. Age group of the children (0-3, 3-6)
b. Demographic profile
(caste, class, religion, socio-economic background
language)
2
EDUCATION______________
a. Monthly / yearly program schedule
b.
Daily plan
c. Pre-school activity book
3
A
RECORDS /FILES____________________
Health records of children and pregnant &
lactating Mothers
a. Immunization record
b. Growth & weight record
(number of malnourished children / degrees of
malnourishment. Check whether they give
additional food to them)
c. Children's attendance register
(Note the day’s attendance, average attendance
in the month, any seasonal variation?)
d. Health check up record/ referrals
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e. Iron and folic acid distribution for pregnant and
lactating mother
f. Pregnant and lactating mothers register
g. Mothers meeting/ nutrition camp
B
Administrative records
a. Attendance records of the AWW
b. Stock records
c. Financial records
d Ration register
e. Staff attendance register (Supervisors visit
record)
f. Medicines issued
g. Daily duties
h. Fixed assets register
I. Maintenance register to buy broom, phenol /
contingency register
j. Visitors book (find out whether CDPO has
visited)
C Community related records
a. Survey book
b. Beneficiaries register
(Rs 500 given to mothers after she delivers her first
and second child)
c. Home visit record
d. Death register
D
Any other records they have to keep?
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A study on anganwadis in Bangalore
Date:
Name of the data collector:
Name of the organisation:
Location of the anganwadi center:
Part-5
SL No.
Measures—
1
a.
2
.......
it.................... .
What do you (community) think about the
Anganwadi?
What are the benefits of it?
i)
Do you fee it helps children go to school?
ii)
iii)
Do you interact with AW worker? How often?
b.
What time does the A/W open?
c.
Do you like sending their children to the AWs?
d.
How do you participate in the functioning of AWs?
(monitoring, time, food, fuel, etc)
STAFF_____________________ ______
a. Do you know how AWW was recruited?
b. What is your opinion about the attendance of staff,
and the time spend at the AWC?
c. What happens when the AWW/helper do not
come?
d. What other work does AWW do?
3
CHILDREN_____________
a. What is the total number of children coming to the
center on an average and what is the age group of
these children?
b. Reasons for absence
(sick, festival, work at home, visiting native place, out of
town)
d.
Any children who never go? Why? (caste, age)
1?
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QUALITY OF SERVICE
4
A
B
EDUCATION__________________________________
a. Do you feel the children have learnt anything?
b.
What do you expect the AW’s to teach?
c.
Do children like to go to the AW?
d.
What is the language of instruction? Do children
Understand the AWW?
e.
Any changes that you have observed in the
children? (health / education)
HEALTH_______________________________________
a. Does AWW organize health checkups?
(monthly, weekly)
Who does the checkup? How often is it followed up?
b. Does AWW organize immunization camps?
c. Do AWW provide nutrition education
(nutritional value of food, recipes)?
To whom? How often? What topics?
d. Does AWW provide inputs on health education, to
whom, how often, on what topics.
(cleanliness, diseases like fever, cold, diarrhea)
e.
How often does AWW weigh the children? Why?
f.
Are the children given any first aid when they are
hurt?
C NUTRITION AND HYGIENE_____________________
a.
Does the mother feed the child before sending her
to the AW centre?
b.
Food is served raw or cooked?
c. Children eat food at the center or take it home?
Why?
d. What time is the food served?
e. How many people come during the mealtime?
Who are theyi) 0-3 years olds
ii) Pregnant women, lactating mothers
iii) Older siblings
f.
Quality & kind of the food served
(AW/kids/mums perception of this?)
9
AWW’s involvement in feeding.
Does the M\I\N feeding the children? of what age? How
many children?
h. Does the AWW play a role in grooming
(Hair, nails, clothes, nose)
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A study of Anganwadis in Bangalore - Part II
Qlai where do you store materials like charts, food stocks,
records, medicine, play material?
Safe
Not safe
Kept in helper's house
31
2
1
Qla2. Where do children play?
No space indoor but outdoor is there
Space indoor no space outdoor
No space
16
21
0
Qla3.Where do you cook?
At helpers house
Ready food served
In the Kendra
- 0
- 2 (should be more in number)
- 11
Q6bl (part2) Food served
raw /cooked/ready to eat?
Raw
- 0
- 13
Cooked
- 21
Ready to eat
Qbl.Is There a school near by? How far it is from the center?
Is it government or Private?
Yes government
Yes Private
No
32
8
2
Qlb2. Is there a creche near by? How far is it from the
center? Is it government or private?
Yes government
Yes Private
No
5
3
16
Qlb3.What kind of relation do you have with the school and
creche?
No relation - 11
Good Relation/ School and creche activities are together - 21
Q2al.Number of staff
Anganwadi worker (teacher)
Helper
Members
29
31
18 (who are these members?)
1
Q2dl.Total year of experience
<Than 1 year
- 0
1 to 5 years
- 0
5 to 10
-3
10 to 15
- 32
15 to 20
-0
-0
>20
Q2d2.Years of experience at the center
0-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20
- 0
0-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20
- 5
Q2gl. How do you travel to the center?
Walking
- 13
Bus
- 23
What
< 15
16
31
45
> 60
time do you take to reach the center?
mins
- 10
30 mins
- 6
45 mins
- 3
60 mins
- 5
mins
- 4
Q2hl. what happens if you don’t come?
Call up & inform
- 1
Helper works
- 31
Other AW people work
- 1
- 1
Close the anganwadi
Q2h2. If the helper doesn't come?
AWW works
Other AW people work
School people help
Close the anganwadi
26
2
3
1
Q2h3. When both of you don’t come?
Other people help
Never happened till now
Helper works
Other AW people work
School people help
Close the anganwadi
1
4
1
5
9
9
Q3al How many children have come to the center today?
0-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20
- 0
0-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20
- 0
Q3b How many disabled children come to the centre? If any,
what kind of disability?
Mentally retarded child
1
2
Q3dl Reasons for the absence.
10
16
25
1
16
1
2
2
Visit to native place
Festival
Fever/sickness
Mothers are not interested
Go out of town
Some children cannot
Go to temple
Death in family
Q3el Are there any regular absentees? How many? Why?
Yes (Reasons)
- 14
No
- 17
4al: where do you send them for toilet?
Children go out
No toilets
Public toilet next door
Children not using the toilet
Children go home
10
10
2
3
1
4a2:when do you send them for toilet?
Whenever they ask
1
4b2: How do the children manage their toilet?
Yes they manage
No they don't manage
Helper helps children
5
12
1
Q4dl Do the children with common sickness come to the center?
Yes
- 0
No
- 27
How do you handle them?
2
3
2
27
4
6
PHC
Pvt. Hospitals/Clinics
Govt Hospital
Give medicines
Send children home
Tell the parents to take
Q4el Referrals? Where do you send sick children?
17
2
8
9
2
PHO
ANMs
Pvt Hospitals/Clinics
Govt Hospital
Tell the parents to take
3
Q4fl How often do you weigh the children? Why?
No weighing
- 2
Monthly weighing
- 33
Q6al Weekly food Schedule
Bread 2 slices
Chitranna 1 ladle
Energy food and laddu
Sweet pongal 1 ladle
Energy food daily
17
10
1
5
4
Q6bl Food served raw /cooked/ready to eat?
Raw
- 0
- 13
Cooked
- 21
Ready to eat
Q6cl Do the children eat at the center or take it home? Why?
Yes
-0
No (take home)
- 15
Sometimes
-0
Q6fl What do you feel about the food served? Your opinion
about the quality of the food served (taste, Smell)
Quality is good
(Good, Children like it)
29
Quality is not good
- 15
(Has mud, Not cooked properly, Broken piece)?
Q6gl was there no food any day, why?
Yes (mention reasons)
- 14
No
- 13
Q6hl where is the food cooked?
Helpers house
- 7
In the center
- 0
Others
~ 0
(part 1) Where is the food cooked?
1. In the centre -- 15
(Kitchen is there, Cooking is done in a corner. Cooking is done in open
center)
2. Helpers house
0
— 14
3. No cooking
(No /is not there, Ready to eat. No cooking is done)
4
In the
Q6il What role does AWW play in cleaning and grooming the
children?
Clean
--(AWW checks once a week)
3
Do not clean --7
(AWW is not bothered, Helper is not bothered, AWW is busy with other
vocation. Parents are told about cleanliness, AWW does not clean, Tells
mother to clean, Send children home)
Q5al when was anganwadi center started?
<1 year
- 17
I- 5 years
-4
6-10 years
- 15
II- 15 years
-1
16-20 years
-0
> 25years
-0
Q5bl Does Dept of Women & child or social welfare board runs
the anganwadi?
33
Dept of Women & Child
10
State Social Welfare Boar
5
Part- 3
SL
No.
1__
la
lb
Measures
Interview
STAFF__________________________________________
How do you feel about your work? Are you happy?
Work is good
- 30
Pay is less
- 11
Like working with children
- 2
Other work is not good
- 1
- 5
Work is not good
- 2
Updating records is a problem
Personal profile (AWW's Caste, where does she send her children?)
- 2
Unmarried
Married
- 10
9
10
2
General
Religious minority
SC
1c
What is the role of supervisor? What is he/she most interested in?
(How often does she visit, inputs given. Aww's expectation of supervisor,
nature of interaction-does she support?)
Twice a month
- 13
- 11
Once a month
Relationship is good
- 30
Once in two moths
-1
Id
What all work do you do? (Anything she sees burdensome? Any confusion
about her job responsibility?) Any other work she does? (e.g. election,
KEB, NGO work)
6
Updating records
4
Attendance
5
Elections
4
Visits to houses
4
KEB visits
6
NGO work
6
Pulse polio
1
Bhagyajothi visit
2
Follow the schedule
1
Suggestions to mothers
1
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CHILDREN________________________________________ __ __________________
What is the background of the children? What kind of caste, language,
class, religion, Socio-economic background, do they come from?
SC
-8
ST
-5
OBC
-8
Religious Minority
- 9
General
-2
2
2a
2b
Telegu
Kannada
Urdu
Tamil
4
13
7
6
Poor
Rich
Middle class
13
3
3
How do you decide age of the child?
Birth certificate
- 16
Delivery lists
-8
Festivals as base
- 15
From other records
- 12
(jathaka, pregnant mothers list)
3
QUALITY OF SERVICE
3a
3ai
3aii
EDUCATION
What activities do you do with the children?
Singing
- 14
Story telling
- 8
Playing
- 17
Outdoor games
- 4
Identifying fruits/color
- 8
- 14
Action songs/games
Indoor games
- 2
Exercise
- 3
Dolls
- 1
Topiaata
- 3
Reading
- 2
Writing
- 5
Imaginative games
- 1
What do the children enjoy? Why? What do the children not enjoy? Why?
All is liked
- 1
Singing
- 5
Story telling
- 6
Playing
- 13
- 4
Outdoor games
Identifying fruits/color
- 1
Playing by themselves
- 1
Action songs/games
- 11
2
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Is there a program schedule? Do you have it?
Keeping records helps
- 5
Follow the schedule
- 2
3bi
3bii
What do you think of it?
Easy to follow rules
Not easy to fallow the rules
1
5
3c Is there a daily plan?
Yes
No
31
3
3d Are you teaching reading,
Reading
Writing
Numbers
-
writing, and numbers?
19
21
16
3e How do children learn? What materials / activities do they use? Are these
materials bought or made by you?
4
4
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
Using exiles
Using fingers
Charts are there
Wooden toys
Slates
Beads to string
Maps
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
Charts
Board
Abacus
3f How helpful / relevant was the training, related to the educational
activities you carry out?
Training Helped
33
Training does not help
1
3g Is their unstructured time for children to play?
Yes
- 32
No
- 2
6 HEALTH
6a
Do you organize health checkups? (monthly, weekly, others)
- 11
Monthly
Quarterly
- 23
Weekly
- 1
3
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6b
What happens if a child gets hurt? Do you provide first aid? Is there a
kit?
Give first aid
6
2
PHC
Give medicines
8
Send children home
1
Suggestions to mothers
1
6c
Do you organize immunization camps?
Yes
- 12
No
- 11
6d
Do you treat malnourished children separately?
6e
Do you provide inputs on health education (cleanliness, diseases like
fever, cold, diarrhea)
Yes
11
No
1
To whom?
to mothers
to parents
13
6
What topics?
ORS
Dysentery
Health suggestion
Cleanness training
1
1
16
7
Any problems in talking to the community?
Tough chores
- 1
4
PECORDS- Qualitative details
4
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4a
What all records do you maintain?
- 19
Staff attendance
Children attendance
- 15
List of beneficiaries
- 5
List of pregnant mothers - 7
List of lactating mothers - 3
- 8
Survey book
Injection list
- 10
Daily activity list
- 4
Growth charts
- 1
List of assets
- 1
- 4
List of medicines
- 2
Healthy food list
- 7
Birth/death list
Admissions records
- 4
Contingency
- 1
Mother's meetings
- 1
Population lists
- 1
Permanent things
- 1
Health inspections
- 7
List incomplete
4b
AWWs understanding of the records.
Not easy to follow record - 1
What do you think about keeping records?
All registers are require - 19
All are used
- 1
Not removable
- 1
4c
5
AWW analysis of records. Do you understand its implications? Have you
taken any action based on the records?
Follow the records
- 11
Discuss
- 13
CCMMUNITY
5a
What role does the community play in running this center? In what
way?(e.g. food, space, welfare)
Sweets on national holiday - 8
9
People do not cooperate
people cooperate with AWW
18
5b
How often do you visit homes? Is it easy?
Visiting parents (on the road)
<= 2 home visit
2
20
What problems do you face?
No problems
Drinkers problem
7
2
5
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5c
Is there a Bal Vikas Samiti?
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
28
4
What does it do?
Helps to solve problems
Send children to school
Serve food to children
Give first aid
Immunization
helps AW
Sweets on national holidays
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
6
FORCES-Kar/May 2002
PART-IV
1:CHILDRENS
la: Age group of the children (0-3, 3-6)
lb: Demographic Profile
SC
ST
OBC
RM (religious minority)
General
15
5
4
7
1
Kannada
Urdu
Tamil
Telagu
6
5
4
4
Poor
Middle
10
1
2:EDUCATION
2al: Monthly /Yearly Program Schedule?
Yes
- 32
No
-2
-1
Easy tofollow rules
Not easy tofollow
-1
2bl: Daily Plan
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
29
6
2cl: Pre-School Activity Book
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
23
9
RECORDS/ FILES
3A: Health records of children and pregnant and lactating mothers
3Aa: immunization records
6c (part 3) Do you organize immunization camps?
12
Yes
11
No
3Ab: growth and weight record
3Ac: Children's Attendance Register
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
Not maintained regularly
28
7
1
3Ad:Health Check Up Record / Referrals
Yes / Is there
- 29
No /is not there
- 4
Not maintained regularly
- 2
3Ae:Iron And Folic Acid Distribution for Pregnant and Lactating Mothers
Yes / Is there
- 23
No /is not there
- 13
List of pregnant mothers
- 2
3Af: Pregnant and Lactating Mothers Register
- 35
Yes / Is there
3Ag:Mothers Meeting /Nutrition Camp
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
35
1
3B: ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS
3Ba:Attendance Record AWW
Yes / Is there
35
3Bb:Stock Records
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
33
1
3Bc:Financial Records
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
Not maintained regularly
32
2
1
3Bd:Ration Register
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
Not maintained regularly
34
2
1
3Be:Staff Attendance Register
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
Not maintained regularly
35
1
1
9
3Bf:Medi ci nes Is sued
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
Not maintained regularly
31
3
1
3Bg:Daily Duties
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
Not maintained regularly
34
2
2
3Bh: Fixed Assets Register
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
Not maintained regularly
33
2
1
3Bi:Maintenance Register To Buy Broomf Phenol / Contingency Register
Yes / Is there
- 33
No /is not there
- 2
3Bj:Visitors Book (find out whether CDPO has visited)
Yes / Is there
- 31
No /is not there
- 4
Not maintained regularly
- 1
3C: Community related records
3Ca:Survey Book
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
Not maintained regularly
34
2
1
3Cb:Beneficiaries Register
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
Not maintained regularly
24
10
1
3Cc: Home Visit Records
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
Not maintained regularly
30
4
2
3Cd: Death Register
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
27
7
3D:Any Other Records They Have To Keep
- 2
Yes / Is there
No /is not there
- 19
Certificate should be there
- 1
Not maintained regularly
- 1
A study on anganwadis in Bangalore - Part 1
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SL No.
Measures - through observation I mapping
1
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT_____________________
a. Location of the building
(e.g. near noisy road, hazardous factory, ground floor or
above )
b.
Cleanliness outside the building
(e.g. garbage dump, open drain, stagnant water, open
urinals and defecating area slippery ground)
c.
Cleanliness inside
(unclean room, cobwebs, dirty toilets)
d.
Building
Ownership - own, rented, given by community?
i)
Size
ii)
Condition - Kind of construction, leaky roof,
iii)
cracked walls, peeling paint or chuna
Is the space used for other activities?
iv)
Maintenance - Who funds?
v)
Whose responsibility?
Non functional windows/door
vi)
e.
Light
(enough natural / artificial lighting?)
f.
Ventilation
(is it suffocating, presence of fresh air, stuffy)
9-
Space: Floor plan (map if possible)
i) Space to store materials like charts, food stocks,
records, medicine, play material?
Is there a safe play area, indoor or outdoor?
H)
iii) Space for cooking?
h.
Sanitation facilities
Are there toilets? If no, where do kids go
e.g. outside, neighbour’s house.
Is there water there ?
ii)
Waste disposal methods?
•ii)
i)
Water availability
Water for cleaning/washing?
i)
Safe drinking water? Where is it stored?
ii)
what is the source of water?
iii)
j-
Safety (indoor/outdoor)
Medicines out of children's reach?
i)
ii) Small material likely to be swallowed?
iii) Rusted equipment? Electric equipment?
iv) Peeling paint?
v) Is there a pest problem ?
(rodents, weevil and worms in food)
vi) open well/pond
vii) safe staircase
1
STAFF__________________________________________
a. Number of staff
( helper, Anganwadi worker, supervisor, ACDPO, CDPO)
2
b.
Attendence of staff on days of visit
CHILDREN________________________________
a. Total number of children on the day of visit.
( number of boys and girls)
3
b.
4
Number of disabled children
(mental, physical, hearing, visual)
QUALITY OF SERVICE
A
EDUCATION
a.What time did the centre open?
b. Observe the rhythm of the day in detail.
i) Activities / time spent on each (songs, drama, story telling )
ii) Are children familiar with many songs etc?
c.
Were all/most of the children involved in the activity?
d.
Age appropriateness of the activity
e.
What were children who were not involved doing?
f.
Availability of play material (name the items in detail).
9-
If there is material, is it:
i) made by teacher
ii) made by children
iii) ready made
iv) given by project
v) any other observation(e.g. safety)
h.
Use of material in teaching/ playing (details)
i.
Is the environment child-friendly with displays
(charts, pictures, hangings etc)
j.
Are they teaching reading, writing, alphabets,
numbers? How? Do they use primers?
k.
Is there unstructured time for children to play
I. Does AWW facilitate group play? How? (by age?)
m.
Was there a naptime in the day?
n. Language of communication: do children understand?
B HEALTH_____________________________________________
a. Do children sleep as soon as they come to the centre?
b.
Are there sick children at the center?
2
c.
Materials they have (weighing machine, stove, vessels)
C NUTRITION AND HYGIENE_____________________________
a.
What was the food on the day of visit.
i)
Quality
(taste, colour, odour, children’s enjoyment, hygiene, worms)
ii)
Quantity (e.g. two slices )
b.
Food is served raw / cooked / ready to eat?
c.
Do they have plates ?
d.
Do children eat food at the center or take it home?
e.
Are the children asked to wash their hands?
f.
Where is the food stored (rats, pests) ?
g-
Where is it cooked (at the centre/helpers house)?
h.
Does the Aww feed children?
i)
how many does she feed?
ii)
What age group?
Children’s cleanliness? (hair, nail, clothes, nose)
j-
Does Aww play a role in cleaning and grooming the
children?
D SOCIAL INTERACTION___________________________
a. Are children encouraged to ask questions?
Does worker respond to the queries of the child?
b.
Is the AWW sensitive to the children?
e.g. Does she know the children by name?
c.
Is there interaction between children?
d.
Negative / positive interactions observed
e.
Comments on how the observer felt?
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Part-2
SL No.
1
2
Measures -— through questionnaire
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT_______________
a. Space:
i) Is there space to store materials like
charts, food stocks, records, medicine,
play material?
ii) Is there a safe play area, indoor or
outdoor?
iii) Space for cooking?
b.
How far is the centre from the school /
Creche?
c.
Is the school govememnt or private? And
the creche?
d.
Any interaction between Aws and creche/
schools?
STAFF______________________________
a. Number of staff
(helper, Anganwadi worker, supervisor, ACDPO
CDPO, adolescent girl helpers?)
b. Staff qualification and history of training
(Nature of training, in-service or pre- service, refresher
training)
c. Date of training & joining
i) of worker
ii) of helper
d. Years of experience (total and at the centre)
i) of worker
ii) of helper
e. Salary/benefits
How much - breakup?
i)
When paid, regular or late
ii)
Other benefits e.g. food
iii)
From other schemes?
iv)
V)
Leave rules
f. Do they come from the Community?
g. How does she travel to the center? Time taken
to reach?
h.
3
What happens when the AWW/helper does not
come?
CHILDREN________
a. Average attendance
b.
Number of disabled children
(mental, physical, hearing, visual)
4
4
A
c.
Any brothers / sisters within the group?
d.
Reasons for absence
(sick, festival, work at home, native place)
e.
Any regular absentees?
QUALITY OF SERVICE
HEALTH_____________________________________
a. Is there a fixed time for toilet break or is it as
and when children want to.
b.
Are kids helped during toilet break?
c.
Is there a naptime planned?
d.
Do children sleep as soon as they come to the
centre ? Why ?
e. Do sick children come to center?
(what kind of sickness - fever, cold, ear infections/
skin / scabies?)
f. Referrals: Where does she send sick children?
(PHC, ANMs, Pvt hospitals, others)
g. How often does the AWW weigh the children?
Why?
B NUTRITION AND HYGIENE
a. Weekly food schedule
b. Food is served raw / cooked / ready to eat
c. Do the children eat food at the centre or take it
home? Why?
d. What time is the food served
e.
How many others come during the meal time ?
Who are theyi) 0-3 years kids
ii) Pregnant and lactating mothers
iii) Older siblings
f.
Quality & kind of the food served?
g.
No food any day, why? (Is it related to the
Delivery, helper, no fuel or any others)
h.
Where is the food cooked?
Does Aww play a role in cleaning and grooming
the children? (nails, clothes, nose, hair)
5
PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT__________
a. When was the Anganwadi center started?
b.
Does Dept of Women & Child, State Social
Welfare Board or an NGO run it?
5
Part- 3
SL No.
Measures
1
STAFF
________________
a. Job satisfaction of the staff
Interview
b. Personal profile
(Caste, where does she send her children?)
c. Role of supervisor
(how often does she visit, inputs given, Aww’s
expectation of supervisor, nature of interaction—does she
support or supervise)
d.
What all work do you do?
Anything she sees as burdensome?
i)
Any confusion about her job responsibility?
ii)
Any other work she does? (e.g. election,
iii)
KEB, NGO work)
CHILDREN________________________________
a. Demographic profile
(caste, class, religion, socio-economic background,
language)
2
b. How do you decide age of the child?
3
A
QUALITY OF SERVICE
EDUCATION
a.
what activities do you do with the children?
i)
what do you enjoy?
ii)
What do the children enjoy?
b. Is there a program schedule? Does she have it?
Her perception of it? How rigidly does she follow it?
c. Is there a daily plan?
d. Are they teaching reading, writing, and numbers?
How?
e.
How do children learn?
What materials / activities do they use for
this?
f.
How helpful / relevant was the training, related
to the educational activities they carry out?
g. Is there unstructured time for children to play?
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B
HEALTH
a. Do they organize health checkups?
(monthly, weekly, others)
Who does it? How is it followed up? Does the ANM
visit?
b.
What happens if a child gets hurt? Do they
provide first aid? Is there a kit?
c.
Do they organize immunization camps?
d.
Does she treat malnourished children
separately?
e.
Do AWW s provide inputs on health education
(cleanliness, diseases like fever, cold, diarrhea)
To whom? How often? What topics?
Any problems in talking to the community?
f.
Do Awws provide inputs on nutrition education
(nutritional value of food, recipes)
To whom? How often? What topics? Any problems in
talking to the community?
RECORDS- Qualitative details
a. What all records do you maintain?
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b.
Teachers understanding of the records.
i) What do you think about keeping records?
ii) are there any records that you feel can be
done away with?
c.
Teachers analysis of records. Do they
understand its implications?
Do they take any action based on the records?
COMMUNITY PARTICIPA TION
a. Does the community participate?
b. In what way?
Inventory-interview!-Part 3
Part - 4
SL No.
1
Measures — document analysis
CHILDREN___________________
a. Age group of the children
b. Demographic profile
(caste, class, religion, socio-economic background
language)
2
EDUCATION________
a. Programme schedule
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b. Daily plan
3
A
RECORDS__________________________________
Health records of children and pregnant & lactating
Mothers
a. Immunization record
b. Growth & weight record
(number of malnourished children / degrees of
malnourishment)
c. children's attendance register
d. Health check up record
e. Iron and folic acid distribution for pregnant and
lactating mother
f. Pregnant and lactating mothers register
g. Mothers meeting/ nutrition camp
h.
B
Pre-school activity book
Administrative records
a. Attendance records
b. Stock records
c. Financial records
d Ration register
e.Staff attendance register ( Supervisors visit record)
f. Medicines issued
g. Stock status
h. Daily duties
I. Fixed assets register
j. Maintenance register to buy broom, phenol
k. Visitors book
C Community related records
a. Survey book
b. Beneficiaries register
(Rs 500 given to mothers after she delivers her first and
second child)
c. Home visit record
d. Death register
D
Any other records they have to keep?
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Part - 5
___________________________________
SL No.
Measures— group/community discussion
1
a.
What does the community think about the
anganwadi?
What are the benefits of it?
i)
Do they feel it helps children go to school?
ii)
Do they interact with AW worker? How often?
iii)
b.
What time does the A/W open?
c.
do they like sending their children to the Aws?
d.
How do they participate in the functioning of Aw?
(monitoring, time, food, fuel, etc)
STAFF_______________________________
a. Do they know how the AWW was recruited?
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b. Attendance of staff, time they spend there.
c. What happens when the AWW/helper does not
come?
d. What other work does she do?
CHILDREN_________________________________
a. Total number of children coming to the center on an
average and the age group of the children.
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b. Reasons for absence
(sick, festival, work at home, visiting native place, out of
town)
c. Any children who never go? Why? (caste, age)
4
QUALITY OF SERVICE
A
B
EDUCATION
a.
Do they feel the children have learnt anything?
b.
What do they expect the AW’s to teach?
c.
Do children like to go to the AW?
d.
What is the language of instruction? Do children
understand what she says?
e.
Any changes they have observed in the children?
(health / education)
HEALTH
a. Do they organize health checkups? (monthly, weekly)
Who does the checkup? How often is it followed up?
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b. Do they organize immunization camps?
c. Do AWWs provide nutrition education
(nutritional value of food, recipes)?
To whom? How often? What topics?
d. Do they provide inputs on health education, to whom,
how often, on what topics.
(cleanliness, diseases like fever, cold, diarrhea)
e.
How often do they weigh the children? Why?
f.
Are the children given any first aid when they are
hurt?
C NUTRITION AND HYGIENE
a.
Does the mother feed the child before sending her
to the AW centre?
b.
Food is served raw or cooked?
c. Children eat food at the center or take it home?
Why?
d. What time is the food served?
e. How many people come during the mealtime?
Who are theyi) 0-3 years olds
ii) Pregnant women, lactating mothers
iii) Older siblings
f.
Quality & kind of the food served
(AW/kids/mums perception of this?)
g-
Teacher’s involvement in feeding:
Is the A\N\N feeding the children? What age? How many
h. Does the M\J\N play a role in grooming
(Hair, nails, clothes, nose)
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Note: The suggestions made by the members have been included in the inventory, and are marked in red.
An Inventory to assess the functioning of Urban Anganwadis_____ ___________________ ______
4
5
2
3
1
Headings
SL No.
1
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
a. Location of the building
( eg near noisy road, hazardous factory,
ground floor or above)
b. Cleanliness outside the building
(eg garbage dump, open drain, stagnant
water, open urinals and defecating area
, slippery ground)
c. Cleanliness inside
(unclean room, cobwebs, dirty toilets)
d. Building
i)
H)
iii)
iv)
v)
Ownership - own, rented, given
by community?
Size
Condition: Kind of
construction, leaky roof,
cracked walls, peeling paint or
chuna
Is the building used for other
activities?
Maintenance: Who funds?
Whose responsibility?
e. Light
(enough natural / artificial lighting?)
f. Ventilation
(is it suffocating, presence of fresh air, stuffy)
g. Space: Floor plan
i) Space to store materials like charts, food
stocks, records, medicine, play material?
ii) Is there a safe play area, indoor or outdoor?
iii) Space for cooking?
h. Sanitation facilities
i)
ii)
Are there toilets? If no, where
do kids go eg outside,
neighbour’s house
Waste disposal methods?
i. Water availability
i)
ii)
Water for cleaning/washing?
Safe drinking water? Where is
it stored?
j. Safety (indoor/outdoor)
i) Medicines out of children's reach?
ii) Small material likely to be swallowed?
iii) Rusted equipment?
iv) Peeling paint?
v) Is there a pest problem ?
(rodents, weevil and worms in food etc)
k. Other problems (eg Seasonal flooding)
2
FUNCTIONING OF ANGANWADIS
A. ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
a. When was it started
b. Does Dept of Women & Child,
State Social Welfare Board or an
NGO run it?
c. Does it open on time
d. Materials they have- (weighing
machine, stove, vessels?)
B. STAFF
a. Number of Staff
(teacher, helper, supervisor)
b. Attendance of staff
(recorded, community perception)
c. Staff qualification and training
(Nature of training, in-service or pre-service)
d. Date of training & joining
i)
ii)
of worker
of helper
e. Years of experience
i)
ii)
of worker
of helper
f. Salary/benefits
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
how much
when paid, regular or late
other benefits eg food
Leave rules
g. Job satisfaction of the staff
h. Personal profile
(caste, where does she send her
children?)
i. Do they come from the
Community?
j. How does she travel to the
center? time taken to reach?
k. Role of supervisor
(how often does she visit, inputs given)
I. In the absence of helper / teacher
who takes over?
m. other responsibilitiespaid/unpaid?
other anganwadi related
')
work,(eg immunization)
other govt work (eg survey)
ii)
iii)
Others (eg election)
C. CHILDREN
a. Total number of the children
b. Age group of the children
c. Demographic profile (caste, class,
religion, socio-economic background)
d. Attendance
(On the day of visit, number enrolled, )
e. Teacher child ratio
f. Number of disabled children
(mental, physical)
g. reasons for absence
(sick, festival, work at home)
3
EDUCATION
a. Is there a program schedule
does she have it, her perception of it
b. Activity planned by the teacher
c. Report/observation of the activity
d. Age appropriateness of the
activity
e. Is there scope for flexibility
f. Availability of play material
g.Material is bought or made
h. Use of material in teaching
i. Is there unstructured time for
Children to play
j. Does teacher facilitate group
Play?
k. Toilet break planned?
I. Nap time planned
4
HEALTH
a. Do they organise health
Checkups? (monthly, weekly)
b. Do they organize immunization
camps?
c. Do children sleep as soon as
they come to the centre
(Why? Sick, tired, no food, no sleep in the
night)
d. Do sick children come to center?
(what kind of sickness - fever, cold?)
f. Referrals: Where does she send
them? (PHC, ANMs, hospitals)
g. Do AWW s provide inputs on
health education
(cleanliness, diseases like fever, cold,
diarrhoea)
5
NUTRITION AND HYGIENE
a. Weekly food schedule
b. Food is served raw or cooked
c. Do they have plates
d. Children eat food at the center
or take it home
e. What time is the food served
f. Do more number of kids come
during the meal time (Who are
they- 0-3 years kids/ mothers )
g. Quality & kind of the food served
(AW/kids/mums perception of this?)
h. No food any day, why? (is it
Related to the delivery, helper)
i. Do children wash hands before
Eating
j. does the staff wash hands before
preparing the food
k. Where is the food stored
(rats, pests)
I. where is it cooked (at the
centre/helpers house)
j. do Aws provide nutrition education
(nutritional value of food, recipes)
m. Are children cleaned? Who
cleans them?
6
ADULT CHILD INTERACTION
a. Does worker respond to the
queries of the child
b. Worker’s personality and
sensitivity towards children
c. Negative / positive interaction
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RECORDS
Health records of children and
preg & lactating Mothers
a. Immunization record
b. Growth & weight record
c. children's attendance register
d. Health check up record
e. Iron and folic acid distribution
for preg and lactating mother
f. Pregnant mothers register
g. Mothers meeting/ nutrition
camp
Administrative records
a. Attendance records
b. Stock records
c. Financial records
d Ration register
b. Staff attendance register
c. Medicines issued
d. Stock status
e. Daily duties
f. Fixed assets register
g. maintenance register
to buy broom, phenol
h. visitors book
Community related records
a. Survey book
b. Beneficiaries register
( Rs 500 given to mothers after she
delivers her first and second child)
c. Home visit record
d. Death register
Daily duties register
Qualitative details
a. Teachers understanding
b. Teachers analysis of the
records
c. Action taken
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COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
a. Are parents informed about
the activities at the centre
(what is their awareness about progs)
b. Parents involvement in the
activities ( what kind of programs)
c. What is the kind of involvement
(do they contribute/ time, vegetables, fuel)
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