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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1991 37(5):235-239; doi:10.1093/tropej/37.5.235
© 1991 by Oxford University Press
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Impact of Preschool Education Component in Integrated Child Development Services Programme on the Cognitive Development of Children

Hema Pandey, MD, MSc, PhD

Trainers' Training Centre, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Deemed University Coimbatore – 641 043, India

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) is India's most comprehensive programme to increase the survival rate and enhance the health, nutrition, and learning opportunities of pre-school children and their mothers through a package of services. The present study was carried out to measure the impact of the preschool education component of the ICDS on the cognitive development of children in the age group of 3–5 years. The study design used was case/control (ICDS attending children v. Non-ICDS). Results of the study revealed the ICDS Anganwadi attendance bad positive influence on the cognitive development of children. The mean cognitive score of the attenders was 40.7 as against a mean score of 30.3 in the case of non-attenders.


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