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Monitoring monitoring of outcomes and the monitoring of activities are
different and must be addressed accordingly. To clarify, the
Monitoring needs to be done by the different Committees of
availability of infrstructure includes toilets and drinking
Gram Panchayat and within the Gram Panchayat e.g.
water, amongst others and this has to be monitored on a
education and health committee , Village Health, Sanitation
regular and daily basis. The assessment would emerge from
and Nutrition Committee (VHSNC), as the GP works out for
the mechanism put in place to capture this daily status. Drop
itself. This is quite likely to be common to GPs for this
out / transition rate while being a single figure would require
Theme and may be covered in capacity building
attention on regular basis to support vulnerable children,
programmes. Officials of related line departments like
support the delivery of teaching-learning processes and
education, Women and child development, health etc. may
holistic education for the children in the GP, for example, to
be included in this role. Mechanism for ensuring functional
understand that activities may be frequent and regular, far
toilets, availability of drinking water in schools and
many more than the end of period assessment.
Anganwadis, on continuous basis need to be put in place.
Children’s Report Card, some survey reports, self-assessed The underlying current and spirit of the Theme is that the
reports, development progress as seen in the Dashboard on leadership of PRIs will uphold the rights of all children,
SDG Achievement and PDI are all open to community provide them protected and conducive environment to
assessment by being open to all, as well as being specifically flourish and to provide in rural India Child friendly local
placed in the Gram Sabha for Monitoring. governance, which is a continuous journey with annual
exams for the adults in the GP.
Self – assessment and Incremental progress/measurement
-monthly / quarterly / half yearly / annually

Within all the indicators, Gram Panchayat may prioritise
assessment period of indicators as per their gravity.
Indicators in which a little negative change may have great

impact of the outcome may be assessed monthly. For Where the vision of the Child
example indicators related to Child Survival (Maternal, Friendly Village theme is
Infant and 0-6 child mortality; vaccination status,

institutional birth, birth registration, enrolment and benefits 'To ensure that all children are
under ICDS services ) and issues related to child protection able to enjoy their rights for sur-
(cases of child abuse/POCSO) may be assessed on monthly vival, development, participation
basis for self –assessment. Like-wise Health and nutrition and protection to reach their full
related issues stunting, wasting, anaemia can be assessed on potential.'
half yearly basis; Transition rate, drop-out rate, child friendly
infrastructure may be assessed on annual basis. However, the

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