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xlvii64 5.3 School going practices of children aged 5-5.5 years5.3.1 Perception about sending the child to AWC for pre –school educationAll the surveyed mothers / caregivers of children aged 5-5.5 years were asked a set ofquestions to assess their perception regarding sending the child for preschool education.Table 5.6 provides their responses.Table 5.6: Perception of mothers/caregivers for sending the child ages 5-5.5years to AWC for pre school education(Percentage)Intervention districts Control districtParticularsInterventionAWCsIntermediateAWCsControlAWCs(n=) 386 404 458Whether feel importance for a childof 5+years to go to AWC forpreschool (n=) 386 404 458Yes 97.2 98 95.9No 2.8 2 4.1Whether child going to AWCYes 74.1 82.2 68.6No 25.9 17.8 31.4No of days in a month the childgoes to AWC (n=) 286 332 314< 7 days 3.5 1.8 2.97-14 days 4.5 3 3.515-21 days 43.4 45.2 20.7> 21 days 48.6 50 72.9Average no. of days 21.13 21.66 22.72Reasons for not going tocentre (n=) 100 72 144Food is not available regularly 24 37.5 16Anganwadi doesn’t open regularly 28 23.6 18.1Angawadi helper doesn’t come to takehim 41 34.7 20.1There is no one at home to takehim/her to Anganwadi 21 22.2 13.9He/she don’t enjoy at Anganwadi in theabsence of toys 13 13.9 25.7Because it is very far 4 2.8 0He is going to school 19 33.3 28.5Child gets fear 5 2.8 3.5The following main findings have emerged from this table.• Almost all respondents (96-98%) felt it important to send a child aged 5-5.5 years to AWCfor pre school education.• Almost 78 percent of the respondents in intervention districts (74% in intervention and82% in intermediate AWCs) and 69 percent in control district were sending their child toAWC for pre school education against a figure of about 97 percent of the respondents whoperceived it to be important.• On an average, children were going to AWC on almost all the working days in a month (21-22 days).<strong>Baseline</strong> Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012

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