Biometric attendance system in Anganwadi centres soon

Mahabubnagar: With an aim to bring transparency, accountability in Anganwadi centres, the district administration is planning to introduce biometric attendance system across all Anganwadi centres in the district.

It is a well-known fact that in spite of spending crores of rupees to improve the condition of children below five years and pregnant women in the rural areas, the government is unable to reach its intended targets.

This clearly indicates that the Anganwadi centres are not functioning up to mark as intended by the government. The main reason for this ineffectiveness is said to be the lack of proper supervision by the authorities.

Moreover, as most of the Anganwadis are located deep in the rural hamlets and faraway places supervising them on a day-to-day basis is a tedious task for the district administration. In view of this, the district administration has decided to introduce biometric system in all the Anganwadi centres.

“We have held meetings with various NGOs to find out various possibilities to introduce the biometric system in the Anganwadi centers. For this, we have had meetings with members of Aga Khan Foundation and CDFI NGO and discussed the issue.

Once this is in place, all the children attending the Anganwadi centres will be linked with their Aadhaar numbers and every day they have to register their attendance in the biometric system,” informed Ronald Rose, District Collector, Mahabubnagar. Not just the children, the teachers, attenders, pregnant women and lactating women needs to register their presence into the biometric system to avail the benefits for better healthcare and nutritional nourishment.

The district administration is also planning to integrate all the records of Anganwadi centres with the software and make it more transparent and accountable, the Collector informed.