Page 7 - Final Lesson-4.pmd

ECCE Policies, Schemes and Programmes in India

(b) POSHAN Abhiyan aims to ensure attainment of malnutrition free India
by........................…..

(c) The India Newborn Action Plan aims to reduce preventable ......................….. Notes
and......................….. in the country.

(d) The National Policy for Children, 2013 declared children as ......................…..
for the nation.

(e) The National Early Childhood Care and Education Policy, 2013 seeks to
achieve ......................….. development and ......................….. capacity of
all children below six years of age.

4.3 PROGRAMMES AND SCHEMES
The concern for the health and general well being of the mother and the child
has motivated the government to launch programmes and schemes from time to
time to address this need.

Let us study some of the schemes.

4.3.1 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme, 1975

The Government of India launched the Integrated Child Development Services
(ICDS) Scheme in 1975. It is a unique programme and one of the world’s largest
for early childhood care and development. It encompasses all children in the age
group of 0-6 years. It also caters to the needs of pregnant women and lactating
mothers. The scheme covers six services, namely:
(i) Supplementary nutrition;

(ii) Pre-school non-formal education;

(iii) Nutrition and health education;
(iv) Immunization;

(v) Health check-up; and

(vi) Referral services.

EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION 53