State govt. to run anganwadi centres from primary schools

Decision aimed at checking dropout rate

The State government has decided to run anganwadi centres on the premises of government primary schools as part of efforts to strengthen primary education sector as well as ensuring effective functioning of anganwadi centres.

Operation of anganwadi centres from primary schools has been envisaged in view of absence of nursery classes in the government run schools as they would help in bridging the gap and would prepare students of anganwadi centres to primary education, Ministers P. Sabita Indra Reddy and Satyavati Rathod said.

The Ministers, who convened a meeting of the officials concerned for working out modalities for running anganwadi centres from primary schools on Thursday, said anganwadi centres would henceforth provide nursery and kindergarten education to students in addition to giving nutritious food. The measure is aimed at preparing students for primary education and it would go a long way in checking dropout rates.