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cxii10.1.3 Reported functioning of the AWCsAs expected, most of the supervisors (Mukhya Sevikas) reported that they were visiting theAWCs and supervising activities of AWWs. According to them, all AWWs were regular inconduct of their activities including pre-school education (Tables 10.4A to 10.11A in Annexure-2).The supervisors were asked “what percent of the beneficiaries are being registered in theAWCs”. It was reported that 90% or more beneficiaries are registered in the AWCs exceptchildren 3-6 years, where the reported figure was about 86%.10.1.4 Activities in pre-school educationThe supervisors were asked what activities are being conducted by AWWs in their pre-schoolsessions. Their responses were sought on voluntary basis. If voluntary response did notreport for a particular activity expected to be conducted, then they were specifically askedabout the activity. Their responses (spontaneous + probed) are shown in Table 10.2 .Table 10.2 : Reported activities undertaken by AWWs in the pre-school sessions(Number)Activities conducted by AWW in pre-school sessions Janjgir Korba TotalNumber of respondents 6 7 13Language activities 6 7 13Learn pre-number concepts and number identification 4 7 11Hear stories 6 7 13Tell stories 3 5 8Sing songs /recite poems 6 7 13Draw pictures 6 7 13Play with toys 6 7 13Play with blocks 5 6 11Read picture books 5 7 12Nature walk 2 5 7Puppetry 0 1 1Note: We are giving actual number of respondents since number is small.It may be noted that, according to them, the required activities are being undertaken most inmost of the AWCs except “puppetry’, “nature walk” and “telling stories”.In order to probe further in the pre-school education, the supervisors were asked a directquestion “What kind of activities/practices are required to stimulate the child at early ages.Majority of them did not report any activity, perhaps suggesting that they do not know aboutthem—only about 40% reported “telling story”, or “reading poems”. No other activity wasreported as requirement for stimulation of the children at early ages. This direct questioningand answers may suggest that supervisor were, perhaps, not clear about activities to becarried out in pre-school sessions to stimulate the children.Baseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012