Grading of Anganwadi Centres

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Grading of Anganwadi Centres

• Experience sharing by
• Himachal Pradesh

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Need for Grading of AWCs

• To have a system of periodic and repeated
  performance assessment of all AWCs on broad
  based criteria
• To pinpoint specific areas of improvement as well
  as learn from best practices
• To inculcate a sense of competition and therefore
  improved functioning by CDPOs
• To track performance of AWCs / projects as a
  whole at the State level

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Design of performa for Gradingof AWCs

• State and Regional level meetings with DPOs/
  CDPOs/ Supervisors.
• Brainstorming workshop at State level.
• Identification of broad indicators.
• Weightage to different indicators.
• Designing of the FORMAT for grading of AWCs.
• Field testing of the FORMAT-efficacy and time
  taken.
• Adoption of the FORMAT and its circulation
  amongst the CDPOs.
• 100 point grading Grade-I above 80, Grade-II
  above 70 to 80, Grade-III above 60 to 70 and
  Grade-IV 60 or below.

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Parameters for grading of AWC
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Monitoring

• All CDPOs to visit at least 10 AWCs in a month
  for grading of AWCs.
• Monthly reports are submitted through DPOs to
  Directorate on prescribed FORMAT
• Information is compiled, processed and analysed
  at Directorate level.
• Interventions are communicated to the DPOs for
  improvements and achievements of one distt. are
  conveyed to others for information , guidance
  and replication.

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Status of Grading of AWCs in last 6 months
(since inception i.e. Oct 2005 onwards)

• Total functional AWCs 7354
• AWCs Graded 3000
• Grade-I 135
• Grade-II 502
• Grade-III 1057
• Grade-IV 1306

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Impact of GRADING

• Experience sharing by field functionaries amongst
  themselves.
• Easy identification of bottlenecks / limitations.
• Helpful in finding objective basis for
  corrections/ improvements and proper strategy
  formulation.
• Good measurable instrument for assessing the
  efforts of ICDS functionaries.
• Graduation of AWCs and their upward mobility is
  monitored through focused efforts.
• Easy to indicate areas of improvement to AWWs.

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Areas of Improvements/ Issues

• Tracking the movement of each AWC from one grade
  to another and of improvement in each indicator.
• Community involvement in grading.
• Ensuring regularity in grading
• Need to formulate monitorable indicators within
  identified parameters