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lxviii• About four – fifths of children have scored upto 25% marks (out of 5) on numberconcepts in intervention and control district. Female children in intermediate AWCs andmale children in control AWCs are placed marginally better than other children , whilethere is no gender differences in intervention AWCs (Table 7.7).• OBC children are marginally better in intervention and control AWCs while SC childrenare better in intervention AWCs than other children (Table 7. 8).Table 7.7: Distribution of children aged 5-5.5 years by school readiness scores for number conceptaccording to gender of the child(Percentage)Schoolreadiness scoresfor pre – numberconceptTotal Janjgir and korbaControl district (Raigarh)Intervention AWCs Intermediate AWCs Control AWCsMale Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total(n=) 192 194 386 232 172 404 240 218 458< 25% 79.7 80.9 80.3 80.2 73.8 77.5 75 84.9 79.725.1-50% 7.8 8.8 8.3 14.2 15.1 14.6 6.3 4.1 5.250.1-75% 5.2 7.2 6.2 2.6 6.4 4.2 11.7 5.5 8.7>75% 7.3 3.1 5.2 3 4.7 3.7 7.1 5.5 6.3Table 7.8: Distribution of children aged 5-5.5 years by school readiness scores on number conceptaccording to casteSchool readinessscores on pre – numberconcept(Percentage)Total Janjgir and korbaControl district (Raigarh)Intervention AWCs Intermediate AWCs Control AWCsSC ST OBC SC ST OBC SC ST OBC(n=) 77 105 197 67 133 191 148 76 227< 25% 83.1 85.7 77.2 68.7 85.7 75.4 80.4 84.2 77.525.1-50% 6.5 5.7 9.6 26.9 9.8 14.7 5.4 3.9 5.750.1-75% 5.2 5.7 6.6 1.5 3 5.8 10.8 3.9 9.3>75% 5.2 2.9 6.6 3 1.5 4.2 3.4 7.9 7.5Figure 2: School readiness scores for number concepts>75%50.1-75%25.1-50%6.33.75.28.74.26.25.214.68.3Control AWCsIntermediate AWCsIntervention AWCs< 25%79.777.580.30 20 40 60 80 100Readiness scores for number conceptsBaseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In Chattisgarh