Authors : Manda Walokar & Rekha Sharma
Page Nos : 659- 668
Description :
The present investigation was carried out on Anganwadi Sevikas of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) of Nagpur City. There are six ICDS projects in Nagpur city which covers 968 Anganwadi. Thirty Anganwadi centers were selected through stratified random sampling and about 225 Anganwadi sevika were randomly selected from these Anganwadi centres. An interview scheduled was formulated to elicit information from the Anganwadi sevika about the demographic profile and their responsibilities. The mean age of Anganwadi sevika was 40.39+ 9.86 years and about 55.55% and Angawadi sevika had education up to middle school and 30.22% were either Graduate or Post Graduate. About 56.44% Anganwadi sevika belonged to joint family and the 62.22% were married. About 65.77% Anganwadi sevika were working since last 10 years and about 95% were following the routine prescribed by ICDS. About 98.22% Anganwadi sevika were maintaining 12 different records properly and 96.88 % were conducting different outdoor activities for children. About 74.72% Anganwadi sevika were satisfied with the present working hours of Anganwadi center but none of the them were satisfied with the remuneration. About 30.45% Anganwadi sevika mentioned about the summer vacation and medical leaves whereas 21.8% complained about lack of pension, bonus and PF benefits even after the devoted service.
