KADAPA: All Anganwadi centres across Kadapa district will turn into pre-primary schools with English medium from coming March. Telugu will also be taught as a subject in these schools. The required study material is being supplied to all 3,621 Anganwadi centres across the district. Training in this regard has already been provided to all Anganwadi teachers, helpers, supervisors and women care secretaries.
Each Anganwadi centre will be renamed as YSR Pre-Primary School where children from 3–5 years of age will be taught Rhymes, maths and science in the English medium. Puzzles will be added in these schools to developed mental abilities among children.
Anganwadi centres have already started functioning from February 1. Curriculum for the pre-primary schools is being developed under supervision of State Council of Education and Research to foster creativity within children. Skills of Anganwadi teachers are also being enhanced so that they can teach pre-primary children in…