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1. A
Report on
DISCOURSE WITH ANGANWADI KENDRA
Submitted to
The
School of Education
North Orissa University, Takhatpur, Baripada
In Partial Fulfillment of 3rd
Semester Examination
Integrated B.Ed.-M.Ed. 2018-21
Paper No. PSS Pr. V Discourse with Other Agencies
By
DIPANIKA GIRI
Roll No: 15901N18300
Supervisor
Dr. R.K. Parua
Associate Professor
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
NORTH ORISSA UNIVERSITY
SRIRAM CHANDRA VIHAR, BARIPADA

2. Dr. R. K. Parua SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Associate Professor NORTH ORISSA UNIVERSITY
SRIRAM CHANDRAVIHAR,
TAKHATPUR, BARIPADA-757003
Dated: ……………………………….
Supervisor Certificate
This is to certify that Miss. Dipanika Giri has worked on the topic
“Discourse with Anganwadi Kendra” under my supervision. This report is
genuinely prepared by her after visit and thus it is fit for submission.
Dr. R.K. Parua

3. INTRODUCTION
Anganwadi is a type of rural mother and child care center in India. They were started by the
Indian government in 1975 as part of the Integrated Children Development Services program
to combat child hunger and malnutrition. Anganwadi means "Courtyard Shelter" in Indian
languages. A typical Anganwadi center provides basic health care in Indian villages. It is a part
of the Indian public health care system. Basic health care activities include contraceptive
counseling, nutrition, education and food supplementation, Medicine supply as well as pre-
Anganwadi activities. The centers may be used as depots for oral rehydration salts, basic
medicines and contraceptives.
The observation was aimed to assess the facilities and services being provided at the
Anganwadi Centers (AWCs) by the Anganwadi workers with regards to the norms laid down
by Integrated Child development Service (ICDS) scheme, with special emphasis on the
children of 0 to 6 years of age. The interaction with Anganwadi Kendra leads to “increased
awareness, understanding, and appreciation of root level of health care and education system”.
This includes having a better vision to understanding the primary healthcare and education.
AIM & OBJECTIVE OF DISCOURSE WITH ANGANWADI
This discourse with Anganwadi lays stress on the following objectives.
(a) To gain the basic information about the ICDS program.
(b) To observe activities of the Anganwadi Centre and Workers.
(c) To gathered experiences on Anganwadi activities starting from prayer to close of the
center.
(d) To gather information about the interaction with Anganwadi workers and Children.
(e) To observe the functioning of the Anganwadi center.

4. GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE ANGANWADI CENTRE:
The Ama Anganwadi Centre is situated at Takhatpur in Baripada town of Mayurbhanj district of
Odisha, provides healthcare and education to the children and mainly serves in its locality. This
is a central government Integrated Child Development Service program which provides
healthcare and education from 0 to 6 year child and pregnant women also. There are 46 of
children taking their nutrition and education in this center. Out of total strength 27 boys and 19
girls admitted in this session. Workers are the backbone of this center. There 01 teacher and 01
cook in this center.
INFRASTRUCTURE:
The Anganwadi have concrete roof building, which fulfill the infrastructural requirement in
many aspects. The condition of the building is in god condition. There is one classroom, one
store rooms, one kitchen room, and one toilet. There is a tube well which is the only source of
water facility for sanitation, cooking and drinking purpose. The health checkup of all students
and pregnant women is been organized in every month. Food and medicines are distributed
regularly as per government norms. There is a small playground which is generally used for
multipurpose activities like games, drill, function, yoga etc.
INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE
Instructional resources are key resources used by teachers every day to help children acquire
knowledge. Learning materials are important because they significantly increases children
curiosity towards learning. To make teaching learning process simple, effective and interesting
TLMs are used in teaching and learning process. The center has only Visual TLM as a medium
of instructions. The aids which use sense of vision are called Visual aids. The school visual aids
includes objects like live objects, models, pictures, charts, maps, graphs, photographs etc.
RECORDS AND REGISTERS
There are different types of registers which are well maintained and stored by the Anganwadi
worker, such as teacher attendance record, leave register, visiting register, uniform distribution
register, birth register, food distribution register, food cash register, AMC register, AMC cash
book register, MTA register, promotion register, student’s attendance register, observation
register, admission register, food stock register, PTA register, examination register and letter
issue and dispatch register.

5. CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
Different types of co- curricular and extra-curricular activities were going on simultaneously with
the curricular activities such as sports, cultural activities, music, dance, social activities, art and
craft etc. Role of Anganwadi workers in preschool education and girls have opportunities to
participate in a range of activities, from block building to musical, artistic or dramatic play, in
order to stimulate the development of spatial, artistic, musical, and verbal abilities in all children.
TEACHERS BEHAVIOUR AND APPROACHES OF TEACHING:
The teacher uses mother tongue and home language as a medium of interaction during content
presentation. The students were quite alert in the classroom. The teacher behavior is friendly .She
is very cooperative and helpful in nature. The teacher uses the TLMs while teaching and student’s
participation was good.
MORNING ACTIVITIES:
At the starting of the day, Morning Prayer and National anthem were sung by the students every
day. Regular health and hygiene, get-up check-up is done by the teacher. At last physical exercise
and yoga is done from 9.30 AM. to 10.00 AM. The total working hour would be from 9.00 AM to
1.00 PM.

6. PREPARATION OF FOOD AND QUALITY CHECKING:
Anganwadi provides regular breakfast and lunch to the children. Before serving the food to the
students, quality of food is checked by the teachers and then it is being served to the students
between 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM. The lunch is prepared as per the menu provided by the
Government.
Day Morning Snacks Hot Cooked Meal
Monday Mudhi, Nut & Laddoo Rice, Dalma, Lemon
Tuesday Chuda, Nut & Laddoo Rice, Egg Curry, Lemon
Wednesday Sprouted Moong, Jaggery & Sessional Fruits Rice, Egg Curry, Lemon
Thursday Chuda, Nut & Laddoo Rice, Soya Curry, Lemon
Friday Mudhi, Nut & Laddoo Rice, Egg Curry, Lemon
Saturday Sprouted Moong, Jaggery & Sessional Fruits Rice, Egg Curry, Lemon
CONCLUSION:
Anganwadi plays an active as well as important role in early childhood education of children. It is
nothing but like a Play School. It significantly improves the academic achievement of children by
achieving higher educational, co-curricular, social, moral, emotional, physical skills.