FINANCING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN ODISHA: Issues & prospects FINANCING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN ODISHA: Issues & prospects Odisha Budget and Accountability Center (OBAC), CYSD, Odisha

The Presentation Covers:  Key Factors  Policy and Budget provisions  State Budget for ICDS and Early Education  Impact in the Changing Fiscal Scenario  Key Issues & Submissions

Key Factors: Child Friendly Infrastructure Trained Human resource Curriculum Pre-school Education Material Community Awareness Pre – School Education

Policy provisions: - Minimum 600 sq. Ft. Space with A-class infrastructure of requisite building with all facilities at the village level - Rented space of at least sq. ft. where construction of own building is not feasible. - Provision of pre-school education kit for each AWCs/Mini AWCs every year - Celebration of ECCE day involving parents, local artisans and community members - Early childhood education curriculum framework - Revision of curriculum, up-gradation of training facility and regular training programmes

Resource Provisioning: Key HeadsResource Provisions Pre-school education Kit Rs. 3000/- per AWC and Rs 1500/- per mini AWCs per annum Construction of Building Rs 450,000/- per AWC building (Rs, 500,000/- by State Govt.) Up-gradation of AWC Building Rs 100,000/- per AWC building Medicine Kit Rs. 1000/- per AWC and Rs 500/- per mini AWCs per annum ECCE dayRs. 1000/- per AWC per annum Flexi FundRs. 1000/- per AWC per annum

Trends in state budget: (BE) (BE) Budget for pre-school education

Changing Fiscal scenario- Impact : Pre-14th FC scenario (Sharing Pattern ranges from 50:50 to 90:10 for different components) Post-14th FC scenario (60:40 share) State Center Total Rs in Crore - No grant for construction of AWC building henceforth as sector specific grants are abolished + Rs Cr

Cont.... ComponentsTotalPre-14th FC scenarioPost-14th FC scenario central share State share Central Share State share ICDS-Training Programme (90:10) Integrated Child Development Service Schemes-District Cell (90:10) Integrated Child Development Service Schemes (90:10) Supplementary Nutrition Programme (50:50) Construction of Buildings for Anganwadi Centers (100% by state) Repair/Addition/Alteration of Anganwadi Centres (100% by state) F.C Award for construction of Anganwadi Centres Total

Pre-school education: Issues Nua-ArunimaP re-School education Kit Activity Book - Commitment to develop in 25 languages - Developed in10 languages so far - Resource allocation under ECE component in SSA abolished - No space for resource allocation in the state budget - Pre-school education kit to all AWCs. - Rs 2500/- has been provided against Rs 3000/- as per revised guideline. - No specific budget head with earmarked allocation for pre-school education kit. - All AWWs are not trained to use the kit. - Activity book-1 (3-4 year children) and activity -2 (4-6 year children) - Activity books are not developed in tribal language - All the AWCs are not supplied - All material required for Activity Books are not in preschool education kit - All AWWs are not well aware about the use of the activity books

Construction of AWC Building: Issues - Out of AWCs and Mini AWCs, have own building including sanctioned but under construction - Rs 1536 Cr required for construction of AWC buildings: have to wait more than 5 years ( In (BE) Rs Cr was allocated for construction of AWCs, which reduced to Rs Cr in RE of the same year. it again dropped to Rs 300 Cr in ) - Finance commission grant will not be available for construction of building in next years: if state govt doesn’t continue with the same amount, have to wait for another 8 years - Buildings which were constructed before years are generally of tin/asbestos roofed which either partially or fully broken and reported as own pucca building. Need reconstruction or major repair.

Changing Scenario PREVIOUS TREND  No budget allocation for pre- school education head under the W&CD department  Very negligible allocation for construction of AWC building  No spending by the state government from its own resource  Occasional spending by the stat for pre-school education kit and are adjusted under the other expenditure head RECENT CHANGES  State is spending for construction of AWC building from its own resources since  Allocation is made under pre- school education head since  Pre-school education materials are supplied to the AWCs.  Resources generated out side state budget for development of Nua- Arunima

Submissions : Transparency in budget allocation - Budget Heads under ICDS programme are not specifically defined at the detail and object head level. Three components such as pre-school education kit, training of AWW and Nua-Arunima need to be clearly mentioned in the detail head level. Insufficient budget for pre-school education To fulfil the requirement as per the restructured guideline allocation need to be doubled - Rs 35/- Cr approx. need to be allocated each year the unit cost for pre-school education kit as per the guideline is not sufficient. As per our costing of Nua Arunima, minimum Rs 4500 is required for pre-school education kit. Information on ICDS in public domain Data not available in the department website in the W&CD ministry website other states are providing updated data where as Odisha data are missing. get.

Cont... Specific allocation for training of AWW Like teacher training program under SSA a training calendar with specific number of days per year for training of AWW need to be prepared and specific budget provision need to be in place. A defined pre school education training course focusing on curriculum, psycho-socio development of children, classroom transaction need to be in place Building for all AWCs Increased allocation (with continuation of FC Grant) may be in place to complete building for AWCs in next three years. Community participation in strengthening Pre-School Education Social Accountability mechanism like Community Score Card and Citizen Report Card need to be integrated in ICDS service delivery – community participation, service evaluation, local resource mobilisation, supply side accountability

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