Share your story and shine at JK Monitor!🌟 Welcome to JK Monitor, where every story matters and every achievement is celebrated! We invite you to share the remarkable journey of your life and showcase your accomplishments to the world. Join our exclusive interviews that honor exceptional individuals just like you. SRINAGAR: The Mission Director Poshan Jammu Kashmir, Rubina Kousar Tuesday inaugurated Training for Sanginis under ‘Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi-education along with Nutrition’ at Training Hall, Miskeen Bagh Srinagar. The programme was organized by the District Programme Officer Srinagar.
Among others, District Programme Officer Poshan Srinagar, Deputy Director Poshan Kashmir, CDPO Khanyar, CDPO Srinagar, CDPO Eidgah and CDPO Batwara were present on the occasion. The Mission Director Poshan while addressing the gathering of Supervisors and Sanginis, informed that the Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched ‘Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi’, that is ‘Education along with nutrition’. It is an Early Childhood Care and Education program under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0.
She said the Government is committed to ensuring holistic development of all children under the age of 6 years, with a focus on building their skills in the key development domains identified under the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP) viz., physical/motor, cognitive, socio-emotional-ethical, cultural/artistic, and the development of communication and early language, literacy and numeracy under ‘Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi’ which is in pursuance of the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the ECCE Taskforce established by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Recommendations of the Task Force were the outcome of exhaustive consultations with State governments, experts and most importantly parents and community. ‘Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi’ will focus on promoting holistic and quality early stimulation and pre-primary education for children, ensuring the use of developmentally appropriate pedagogies and emphasizing the links with primary education as well as early childhood health and nutrition services.
This program will provide for mother tongue as primary teacher instruction medium, different types of teaching-learning material (visual aids, audio aids, audio-visual and bodily-kinesthetic aids) to Anganwadi Sewikas, and help build a Jan Andolan, to involve communities in strengthening the foundations of the country's future generations.