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Punjab Anganwadi workers call off statewide agitation
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SME Times News Bureau | 27 Nov, 2017
Anganwadi workers in Punjab called off their statewide agitation on
Sunday following Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's intervention and the
government's assurance that no Anganwadi Centre would be shut down
following the introduction of pre-primary classes in primary schools.
A
spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office said on Sunday that the
Anganwadi Association decided to call of their stir following the
resolution of their long pending demands with the initiative of the
Chief Minister.
"On the directives of the Chief Minister, the
School Education and Social Security and Women and Child Development
Departments jointly worked out a set of guidelines for smooth
functioning of the centres on the premises of primary schools," the
spokesperson said.
The Aganwadi workers were opposing the recent
introduction of pre-primary classes introduced in government schools in
Punjab. They felt that the new initiative of the government in starting
pre-primary classes would affect their working.
Earlier, after a
meeting by Anganwadi Workers with Education Minister Aruna Chaudhary and
Gurdaspur MP and Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar at Dinanagar,
the government came out with a categorical assurance that no Angwanwadi
Centre would be closed down due to the start of pre-primary classes.
The
spokesperson clarified that ideally, all Anganwadi Centres should
operate from the primary schools and children enrolled in these centres
should also be enrolled for pre-primary classes. In line with this, the
Departments of School Education and Social Security should endeavour to
gradually shift all Anganwadi Centres to primary schools to enable the
Anganwadi workers to continue with child care and nutrition support
activities and allow the teachers to impart education, the spokesperson
added.
"Unfortunately, in the current framework, the Anganwadi
workers and teachers were unable to focus on their core functions, thus
affecting the quality and standards of both. The move to introduce
pre-primary classes in Primary Schools was aimed at ensuring that these
functions could be facilitated in the manner they should be," said the
spokesperson, adding that in cases where it is difficult to shift the
Anganwadi Centres to the schools, efforts should be made to build
accommodation for Anganwadi Centres in the schools gradually, and till
such time it is achieved, the teachers should visit the Anganwadi
Centres to impart pre-primary education.
The government has
decided that the pre-primary education, to begin with, should be
restricted to one hour a day and it should be through play-way methods.
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