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 Enhancement in the enrolment rates in schools and Data required for Baseline
quality of education
For the Theme Child Friendly Village data can be better
 Decreased incidence of child abuse understood when seen around the 4 Pillars
 Conducive environment for overall development of  Baseline data to evaluate efforts towards Child
children survival - Data on percentage of registered

 Better participation of children in the every walk of life beneficiaries out of total eligible beneficiaries under
umbrella ICDS, age wise and gender wise data of all
Panchayats while preparing their annual plans need to
children, percentage of Institutional delivery out of total
prioritize the attainable outcomes for immediate
improvement in socio-economic parameters. number of births, birth registered out of total births,
Infant and maternal mortality cases, neonatal girls and
Connect to National Panchayat Awards under 5 girls mortality cases, essential vaccination

The child–friendly theme under National Panchayat Awards status, gender wise underweight, wasting and stunting
is capturing information of GPs on 15 indicators. Out of status of children under 5years, anemia status of all
which, 10 indicators are included from the same theme. children aged under 0-5 and 5-14years and girls
These indicators include (1) percentage of children (below between15-19 years.
5 years of age) were recorded Underweight (weight-for-age),  Baseline data to evaluate efforts towards Child
(2) percentage of children (below 5 years of age) were Development-Age wise and gender wise Individual
recorded stunted, (3) percentage of children (below 5 years
Child related data in which detail information like date
of age) were recorded wasted (weight-for height),
of birth, height, weight, Hb%, educational may be
(4) Percentage of children with disabilities receiving Early
taken. Special data to asses needs of special/ disabled
Childhood Intervention (NPA captures it for age group
children. Data on child protection would require a
3-6 years) (5) percentage of children (6-59 months) were
different method as this will not be openly stated or
recorded anaemic, (6) percentage of children between ages
available. Survey may be used, that would need to be
3-6 years receiving some form of formal pre-school
standardized. Data on participation would also be better
education or early childhood care, (7) total budget earmarked
obtained by survey for some of the indicators. The
under Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) for child
figures here are easier to get and reflect the true value of
welfare activities, (8) percentage of children 0-3 years who
the data point.
are out of school, (9) functional Village level Child
Protection Committee (VLCPC), (10) percentage of fully Data collection, Data sources & Data validation
vaccinated children (0-6 years). However, 5 indicators Most of the data related to Child friendly village is collected
(11) Percentage of 0-3 years registered under ICDS out of by ICDS (Poshan Tracker), Health (HMIS) and Education
total eligible children and (12) Percentage of 3-6 years Department (UDISE+). ICDS and health related data is
registered under ICDS out of total eligible children available at Anganwadi and Sub-center wise respectively.
(13) Percentage of institution deliveries (14) Pradhan Mantri Data related to facilities for children in schools/within Gram
Matritva Vandana Yojana and (15) Percentage of Pregnant Panchayat can be taken from Children through specially
and lactating mothers registered under ICDS out of total designed questionnaires. Data related to child abuse can be
eligible Pregnant and lactating mothers are captured in taken from VLCPC register or by a confidential survey. The
different themes such as 2, 7 and 9. available open data can be validated through the family

register, VHNSC meeting registers of all villages and finally
in the Gram Sabha forum. The confidential data validation
cannot be made in open forum.

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