M F AHMAD
Daltonganj, May 17: It’s like a dream come true for kids in the age group of 3 to 6 visiting 165 model aanganbadi kendras here in Palamu to learn and play digitally.
The e-learning and e-game under the ECCE (early childhood care and education) was launched today in Daltonganj by a team led by Minister of Woman, Child Development and Social Security Department Jobba Majhi, Congress MLA Ramchander Singh, DC Anjaneyulu Dodde, DDC Ravi Anand, district social welfare officer Sandhya Rani and others.
Palamu district is the first in Jharkhand to have started this ambitious e-learning and e-game for its underprivileged children visiting aanganbadi kendras.
There are 2,595 aanganbadi kendras here in Palamu out of which 165 of them have been shortlisted at the beginning to have this e-learning and e-game under the ECCE project.
The minister, in her speech, laid stress on the database of children vis a vis their physical and mental growth at the aanganbadi kendras. She spoke about anaemia and malnutrition.
Taking a sharp departure from the protocol the minister had profuse words of appreciation for DC Anjaneyulu Dodde for launching this e-learning and e-game called Titli project.
The DC in his speech asked the aanganbadi kendras ‘Didis’ to ensure that they find time to study and learn for themselves the curriculum of Titli for a better and meaningful implementation or execution of it among the kids between 3 to 6 years of age.”
He said, “Let this not prevail that children are at the aanganbadi kendras for food and eating. There is something more for them here. They will be given pencil, pen, workbook etc. No Didi is expected to stock these at her house.”
Dodde said 14 lakh children in the state would be warmly remembering Minister Joba Majhi for giving them sweaters to wear in winter. He said this is something most spectacular.
The Minister and the DC together laid the foundation or inaugurated a slew of 173 schemes worth Rs 60.55 crores.
Dodde knew it’s a hard time for Palamu where management of surface water matters the most and so he said, “Although there is a fund crunch nevertheless with district mineral foundation trust and untied fund fifty zamindari bandhs also called British bandh would be renovated to enable it to retain and contain the rainwater in the coming rainy season.”
“Zamindari bandh is found only in Palamu and nowhere else and we know most of it has either been encroached upon or has gone silted but before this coming rain we are determined to renovate or revive these British bandhs here,” the DC vowed.
