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Kindergarten classes to begin at 250 anganwadi centres in Mysuru
Mysuru: The department of women and child development has decided to start lower kindergarten (LKG) and upper kindergarten (UKG) classes at 250 anganwadi centres in Mysuru district from this year.
A decision in this regard was taken by the department to strengthen these centres and increase enrolment, as most of the anganwadi centres are facing closure threats. Many parents prefer to enrol their children in private kindergartens that offer education in English medium.
Even poor farmers and others from rural areas have started to enrol their children in private schools in nearby towns, spending significant amounts of money to educate their kids.
The department has also initiated measures to provide training to anganwadi activists to equip them to conduct LKG and UKG classes in English medium.
Mysuru district has 2,913 anganwadi centres. The department plans to start the LKG and UKG in 250 centres across various taluks of the district from Oct this year.
As the Union govt also started anganwadis 50 years ago in 1975 under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) for the overall growth of children below six years, providing them with nutritious food, the department has introduced kindergarten classes from Oct this year, marking 50 years since the launch of this scheme.
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The state govt, which started Montessori kindergarten schools in anganwadi centres in Bengaluru on a pilot basis last year, has now initiated measures to introduce kindergarten in selected centres across the state from Oct.
Among the 250 selected in Mysuru district to start kindergarten, the department of women and child development has selected 25 such centres in Mysuru city, Mysuru taluk (29), HD Kote (20), KR Nagar (25), Biligere (35), Narasipura (40), Periyapatna (16), Nanjangud (30), and Hunsur (30).
The department has planned to expand the remaining anganwadi centres in a phased manner after assessing the response from both parents and children.
The department has printed three sets of 50,000 books to teach anganwadi children in English medium by starting kindergarten classes. It also conducted the first round of training for anganwadi activists at the district level about teaching children enrolled for LKG and UKG in English medium in their centres.
The second round of training for anganwadi activists for the centres selected for English medium will be held at the taluk level next month. Guidance books were also distributed to anganwadi activists.
Before starting the classes, anganwadi activists were also asked to visit door-to-door in their villages and areas to convince parents to enrol their children in kindergarten schools.
Speaking to TOI, deputy director of women and child development B Basavaraju said the department has made all preparations to start the kindergarten classes in 250 anganwadi centres from Oct and trained the anganwadi activists.
"The opening of kindergarten classes will help the poor, farmers, and other residents in rural and urban areas by avoiding the need to spend large sums of money to enrol their children in private schools for pre-school education," he said.
"As the department now introduced the kindergarten classes and permitted anganwadi activists to teach in English by starting LKG and UKG classes, it helped me enrol my child to kindergarten in my village," said Mahadevamma, a resident of Vyasarajapura in T Narasipura taluk.
