Report on the State of Preparedness of the Integrated Child Development Services Projects

Abstract

The evaluation of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Projects, taken up by the Programme Evaluation Organisation in July, 1976, conceived two phases of field work. The first phase, aimed at understanding the state of preparedness for the implementation of the Scheme, was completed in October, 1976. The Report on the State of Preparedness of the Integrated Child Development Services Projects, prepared in August, 1977, was meant primarily to guide the officers connected with the implementation of the Scheme. The Report has since been discussed in the meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Study consisting of the representatives of the Ministries of Education and Social Welfare and Health and Family Welfare and experts from medical, nutrition, and allied fields. The main findings of the Study were discussed also in an Inter-Departmental meeting.