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lxxxviiiTable 8.19-: Functioning of the pre-school education (Contd..)(Percentage)Particulars Intervention districts / ControlCategory of AWCsIntervention Intermediate RaigarhNo. of days per week pre-school sessionsare held (n=) 60 57 591-3 5.0 3.6 5.14-6 43.3 45.5 27.1Not reported 51.7 50.9 67.8Mean 5.34 5.46 5.16Place where children sit (n=) 60 57 59Bare floor 13.3 26.3 1.7Mat/Dari 83.3 71.9 98.3Others 3.3 1.8 0Place where classes are held (n=) 60 57 59Room 95 94.7 94.9Open space 3.3 3.5 5.1Others 1.7 1.8 0AWCs reported existence of teaching plan 8.2 6.8 6.6Though most of the AWCs reported pre-school education sessions but they did not reportnumber of days per week when such sessions are held. It suggests that, perhaps, pre-schoolsessions are not being held regularly. This idea gets confirmed when it was noticed thatAWWs did not have any session plans.8.5.3.3 Activities undertaken in preschool educationThe respondents were asked about the activities undertaken in the pre-school education. Thisinformation was collected on the basis of their spontaneous responses as well as afterprobing for each activity. These responses on activities are shown in Table 8.20:Table 8.20 : Activities undertaken for preschool education(Percentage)Pre-schoolActivityIntervention district Intermediate district Control districtSpontaneousAdditionalwithprobeSpontaneousAdditionalwithprobeSpontaneousAdditionalwithprobeLanguage activity 68.3 8.3 52.6 14.0 96.6 0.0Learn pre-number 70.0 13.3 66.7 17.5 71.2 0.0concepts andnumberidentificationHear stories 78.3 10.0 75.4 15.8 96.6 0.0Tell stories/news 56.7 3.3 49.1 1.8 66.1 0.0Sing songs/recite 80.0 15.0 71.9 8.8 94.9 1.7poemsDraw pictures, clay 15.0 13.3 24.6 7.0 55.9 5.1etcPlay with toys 56.7 21.7 50.9 24.6 91.5 3.4Play with 1blocks 15.0 13.3 8.8 17.5 49.2 5.1Read picture books 53.3 15.0 42.1 21.1 76.3 5.1Nature walk 21.7 8.3 22.8 7.0 33.9 1.7Puppetry 8.3 8.3 3.5 3.5 30.5 5.1Most of the AWWs reported activities of language, learning numbers, hearing and tellingstories, singing songs or reciting poems, playing with toys, and reading picture books.Baseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012