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cxviiiThere was no problem in regard to the monitoring charts. Almost all the CDPOs reported theiravailability in adequate supplies—though in some AWCs supply of new cards had not reachedyet.10.2.4 Monitoring the work of AWWsThe CDPOs reported that they regularly monitor the work of the anaganwadi centres whichincluded the monitoring the growth of children and sessions on the pre-school education. Themajor source of monitoring was monthly reports and periodic visit to the AWCs. (See Table10.44A in Annexure -2).10.2.5 Assessment of the CDPOs’ knowledge on various aspects of growth anddevelopment of childrenThe CDPOs were given an assessment sheet with some open ended and some close endedquestions to assess their knowledge of different aspects of growth and development ofchildren. They were expected to answer all those questions either by writing some shortpoints or by answering questions showing multiple choices. This section presents highlights ofanalysis of their responses, remaining answers can be seen in Tables 10.58A in Annexure - 21. When asked about key important needs of children and their caregivers, themajority of responses were like these:Key important needs reported by more than 40% respondents-large to small Forchildren: 1.Supplementary nutrition, 2.Health facilities, 3.ImmunizationKey important needs reported by more than 40% respondents-large to small Forcaregivers: 1. Supplementary nutrition, 2. Timely feeding children (35%)It may be noted that only small percent reported need for pre-school education to bringabout balanced growth and development of children. This point may suggest that pre-schooleducation does not get much attention of the CDPOs.2. When asked about the needs of children for their growth and development intohappy and healthy children, two important responses were “cleanliness” and“supplementary nutrition”; again pre-school education and its various activities did notfind mention.3. When CDPOs were asked whether there is any relationship of health and nutrition tophysical, language, and cognitive development of children, all of them answered inaffirmative but they pointed out only physical growth without any mention of languageand cognitive development of children. It may also be suggestive of their lack ofemphasis on these developmental aspects of children.4. The CDPOs were asked whether children ages 0-3/3-6 years are facing some challengesin their growth and development. Only 58% of them reported that they were facingchallenges. The challenges reported for children 0-3 years were “health facilities” and“(right) home environment”. For children ages 3-6 years, major challenges reported were“(quality) non-formal education” and “(need for) supplementary nutrition”.Baseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012