Angan wadis to be developed like play schools: Arvind Kejriwal

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said anganwadis in the city will be developed like playschools, asserting that even the poor will have access to the facilities that the rich do. The chief minister also distributed smartphones to anganwadi workers, a move aimed at digitising the operation of the anganwadi sector in the national capital.

The government will distribute 10,000 smartphones to anganwadi workers. The Delhi government’s ambitious early childhood care curriculum was also launched. Addressing a gathering of anganwadi workers, Kejriwal said there is a perception that anganwadis are merely centres for providing food to children.

“Now, an early childhood care curriculum is being introduced so that anganwadis provide the kind of care and education that is provided at the expensive playschools. Even the poor will have access to the facilities that the rich do. Anganwadis will now be developed into playschools,” Kejriwal said.