Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls: SABLA 28 th October, 2010 New Delhi Ministry of Women & Child Development Government of India

SITUATION ANALYSIS OF ADOLESCENTS Adolescent Girls years :16.75 % or Approx crores [ 2001 census] Female Literacy rates (2004) : 57% Drop out rate (I-VIII) : 49.00% [SES ] Undernourished AGs : Approx. 33% crore Anaemia 55.3% of women (age 15-49), are anaemic. [NFHS ] Investing in nutrition & development of AGs is imperative to break the intergenerational cycle of under nutrition

EXISTING SCHEMES OF AGs ; MERGER Kishori Shakti Yojana (6118 Projects) Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (51 districts Sabla approved for 200 districts All NPAG districts covered, cease to exist In other districts, KSY to continue as before

THE SCHEME : SABLA Nature of Scheme : Centrally Sponsored Target Group : years Adolescent Girls(AGs) Major Components : »Nutrition »Non nutrition services for empowerment of AGs For nutrition : out of school, all girls For non nutrition : Focus on out of school girls

SABLA : OBJECTIVES Improve their nutrition and health status. Upgrade their life skills, home-based skills and vocational skills Promote awareness about health, hygiene, nutrition, Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) and family and child care. Preparing for availing of Public Services such as Health Services, Post Office, Bank, Police Station, Government offices, etc. Mainstream out of school AGs into formal/non formal education To enable the AGs for self development and empowerment

Nutrition Provision Rs.5 per day( 600 calories and gram of protein) AWW /Peer Leader IFA supplementation * ANM/AWW/Health System Health check-up and Referral services*. ANM/ MO/AWW Nutrition & Health Education * AWW/ANM/ASHA/MNGO Counseling/Guidance on family welfare, ARSH*, child care practices and home management MNGO/ANM/NRHM setup/AWW MNGOs include resource persons Life Skill Education and accessing public services (also includes efforts to mainstream into formal/non formal education MNGO/Education setup/Youth Affairs/AWW/Supervisor Vocational training (for girls aged 16 and above) using existing infrastructure of other Ministries /Departments: NSDP Through NSDP of Ministry of Labour, Supervisor/CDPO: to coordinate Services Services through SABLA : SERVICES Health services are to be provided by establishing convergence with M/H&FW Other Services in coordination / convergence with related sectors/department

PILOT DISTRICT SELECTION To be implemented in 200 districts in the country initially Around one third districts in each State/UT (minimum being one) Selected on the basis of a composite index of four indicators related to Adolescent Girls Mix of good, median and poorly performing districts to evaluate all implementing conditions

COST NORMS SNP – 50:50 share between GoI and State / UT Govts Non nutrition component/services - 100% from GoI Financial norms: - Nutrition : Rs.5 / AG / day for 300 days - Non nutrition: Rs.3.80 lakh per project per year Flow of funds will follow the same route as in ICDS. Rs crores allocated for

MODE OF IMPLEMENTATION To be implemented using ICDS platform, AWCs, functionaries, monitoring system, etc Where facilities at AWC not adequate, alternative arrangements to be made Alternatives - school, panchayat bhavan, community halls, etc. * AGs to be provided services for around 5-6 hrs in a week * How and When : Timings, frequency and days* * To be decided by State/UT Govts.

MODE OF IMPLEMENTATION KISHORI SAMOOH : - Group of AGs led by 3 peer leaders- 1 Sakhi, 2 Saheli - Will be trained for 3-5 days to be peer leader - May assist AWW in implementation of Sabla, ICDS TRAINING KIT - At every AWC; provision of Rs.1000/- per year - Containing games, activities, flash cards, etc - Sample kit will be provided to States / UTs - States can contextualise, translate

MODE OF IMPLEMENTATION KISHORI DIWAS : - To be held once in three months - Health check ups, special events/activities - IEC to community, siblings, parents, etc. - May be combined with the VHND of that month KISHORI HEALTH CARDS : - To be filled by AGs/sakhis ; validation by AWWs - Information on weight, height, BMI, IFA consumption, deworming, immunization, etc - Prototype will be provided - 10 % entries will be checked by Supervisor

MONITORING AND SUPERVISION Same mechanism as ICDS - Quarterly/annual physical and financial reports Register of AGs at every AWC Supervisor as facilitators Field trainers; resource persons (through NGO support) to impart education for all services Health functionaries for health inputs PRI to be involved in awareness generation, IEC Monitoring and Supervision Committees at all levels

COST (NON-NUTRITION) PER PROJECTON Training Rs.1000/- /AWC 1,50,000/= Life Skill Education including IEC 50,000/= NHE Component including IEC 30,000/= Training for sakhi/ saheli 40,000/= IFA tablets (if not by Health) 20,000/= Vocational Training 30,000/= Miscellaneous(Kishori Diwas,etc.) 30,000/= Others (health cards/registers,etc) 30,000/= Rs.3,80,000/= 2/4

TIME TABLE FOR AGs Decentralised Planning For 4-6 hrs in a week, 1-2 days During the AG meeting : Sessions on selected topics, learning from training kit, group discussions, games, visits,etc. Mixed group activities for in-school & out of school AGs : - For 2 days in a month, more frequently in vacations - Out of School motivated to study - School going get learning beyond syllabus - Sessions on selected topics

CONVERGENCE WITH LINE DEPARTMENTS M/ Health and Family Welfare under RCH and NRHM : - IFA supplementation - Health check-up and Referral services - Nutrition and Health education - Counseling/Guidance on family welfare, ARSH, child care practices M / Labour and Employment - Vocational training for 16 year and above AGs - Tie up with NSDP through Skill Development Centers( more than 1100 modules) - Amount may be used to reimburse fees partly

CONVERGENCE WITH LINE DEPARTMENTS Department of Education - Mainstreaming the out of school in appropriate class - Functional literacy among illiterate AGs - RTE, Kasturba Vidyalayas, Saaksharta Abhiyaan M/ Youth Affairs - Life skill education : existing modules - Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathana and teen clubs M/ Panchayati Raj - As in ICDS - IEC, community participation, location selection

STEPS TO BE TAKEN BY STATES/UTS Baseline survey to identify beneficiaries – nutrition and non nutrition; Formats provided Start Nutrition provision soon after baseline survey Project fund demand to MWCD Identify resource persons/NGOs/ institutions to assist in providing non nutrition services Start non nutrition services Simultaneously organise AGs in Kishori Samoohs Organise orientation workshops ; generate awareness of the Scheme in selected districts

CHALLENGES AHEAD Timely decisions to be taken by the States / UTs for items where flexibility is given in the Scheme: - Timings, venue and frequency for implementation - THR / HCM - Vocational training: trade / module / mechanism - Selection of service providers Close monitoring essential for evaluating outcomes Mechanism for concurrent evaluation required Constant review by the higher authorities through Committees set up for the Scheme to ensure addressing of convergence issues.

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