Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for
Empowerment of Adolescent Girls:
SABLA
28th October, 2010
New Delhi
Ministry of Women & Child Development
Government of India
SITUATION ANALYSIS OF ADOLESCENTS
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Adolescent Girls 11-18 years :16.75 % or Approx.
8.32 crores [2001 census]
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Female Literacy rates (2004) : 57%
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Drop out rate (I-VIII)
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Undernourished AGs : Approx. 33% - 2.75 crore
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Anaemia 55.3% of women (age 15-49) , are anaemic.
: 49.00%
[SES 2008-09]
[NFHS-3 2005-06]
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
: 11-18 years Adolescent Girls(AGs)
• Major Components :
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Nutrition
Non nutrition services for empowerment of AGs
• For nutrition
: 11-14 out of school, 15-18 all girls
• For non nutrition : Focus on out of school girls
SABLA : OBJECTIVES
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Improve their nutrition and health status.
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Upgrade their life skills, home-based skills and vocational skills
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Promote awareness about health, hygiene, nutrition, Adolescent
Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) and family and child care.
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Preparing for availing of Public Services such as Health Services,
Post Office, Bank, Police Station, Government offices, etc.
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Mainstream out of school AGs into formal/non formal education
To enable the AGs for self development and
empowerment
SABLA : SERVICES
Services
Services through
Nutrition
Provision Rs.5 per day(600 AWW /Peer Leader
calories and 18-20 gram of protein)
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, MNGO/ANM/NRHM setup/AWW
ARSH*, child care practices and home MNGOs include resource persons
management
Life Skill Education and accessing public MNGO/Education setup/Youth
services (also includes
efforts to Affairs/AWW/Supervisor
mainstream
into
formal/non
formal
education
Vocational training (for girls aged 16 and Through NSDP of Ministry of
above) using existing infrastructure of Labour, Supervisor/CDPO: to
other Ministries /Departments: NSDP
coordinate
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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. 1000 crores allocated for 2010-11
MODE OF IMPLEMENTATION
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To be implemented using ICDS
functionaries, monitoring system, etc
• Where facilities at AWC
arrangements to be made
not
platform,
adequate,
AWCs,
alternative
• 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
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KISHORI SAMOOH :
- Group of 15-25 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
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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
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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
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COST (NON-NUTRITION) PER PROJECTON
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Training Kit @ Rs.1000/- /AWC
Life Skill Education including IEC
NHE Component including IEC
Training for sakhi/ saheli
IFA tablets (if not by Health)
Vocational Training
Miscellaneous(Kishori Diwas,etc.)
Others (health cards/registers,etc)
1,50,000/=
50,000/=
30,000/=
40,000/=
20,000/=
30,000/=
30,000/=
30,000/=
Rs.3,80,000/=
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
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Mainstreaming the out of school in appropriate
class
- Functional literacy among illiterate AGs
- RTE, Kasturba Vidyalayas, Saaksharta Abhiyaan
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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.
THANK
YOU