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lxxxviiTable 8.18: AWW’s understanding of the pre-school education (Contd..)(Percentage)Particulars Intervention districts / ControlCategory of AWCsIntervention Intermediate RaigarhImportance of preschool education forchildren’s development (n=) 61 59 61Help in learning 88.5 88.1 95.1Prepare children for going to school 72.1 52.5 85.2Children learn basics 60.7 59.3 44.3School achievement 37.7 47.5 21.3Not reported 1.6 0 3.3At what age, children should be enrolledfor preschool education and for howmany years (n=) 61 59 61Age at which enrolled3 years 63.9 57.6 91.84 years 1.6 1.7 4.95 years 0 5.1 06 years 34.4 33.9 1.6Not reported 0 1.7 1.6Number of years for which enrolled2 year 1.6 1.7 03 year 75.4 71.2 18> 3 year 23 25.4 75.4Not reported 0 1.7 6.6Average 3.64 3.67 5.37It may be noted that there is a large variation on understanding of pre-school education--.different respondents have reported in different form of the activities they undertake.Obviously comprehensive understanding of its role in overall development and growth ofchildren is lacking. Mostly reported its importance in preparing children to enter into regularschools—learning of words, language and numbers is the reported focus; no emphasis isbeing given to its need for growth and development of children.8.5.3.2 Functioning of pre-school educationTable 8.19 gives some aspects of the functioning of the pre-school educationTable 8.19-: Functioning of the pre-school education(Percentage)Particulars Intervention districts / ControlCategory of AWCsIntervention Intermediate Raigarh(n=) 61 59 61AWCs undertake pre-school educationsession 98.4 96.6 96.7No. of groups of children enrolled forpre-school education (n=) 60 57 59One 35 33.3 55.9Two 20 14 23.7Three 8.3 21.1 3.4More than 3 36.7 31.6 16.9Baseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012