The impact of ICDS with regard to the intellectual, social and physical development of Pre-Schoolers

Abstract

The present study fccused on the Impact ICDS with regard to the intelktual, social and physical development of preschoolers. Three hundred 4 year old Anganwadi and Balwadi attending (Anganwadi: 150, Balwadi: 150) pre-school bys and girls from Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam and Kozhikode Districts of Kerala form the sample of the study. The intellectual, social and physical development of the ICDS beneficiary Anganwadi attending pre-school child ten were compared with that of their non-1CDS peers in Balwadi. The variations in the areas and subareas were identified by applying critical ratio. The results repofied that the ICDS beneficiary children exceeded their non-ICDS peers in their intellectual, social and physical development. The result also showed that the study variables-Intellectual, Social and Physical development-are significantly interrelated and influenced one another.