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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Balwadi''' is an [[India]]n [[pre-school]] run for economically weaker sections of the society, either by government or NGOs. It has been defined by Grewal who is quoted by R. P. Shukla as "A rural pre-primary school run economically but scientifically and using as many educational aids as possible, prepared from locally available material". It was developed by [[Tarabai Modak]], the first balwadi was started in Bordi a coastal village in [[Thane district]] of [[Maharashtra]] by ''Nutan Bal Shikshan Sangh'' in 1945.<ref name="Singh">{{cite book|author=Singh|title=Preschool Education|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Imw3wHN2clQC&pg=PA7|accessdate=17 July 2012|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-757-3|page=7}}</ref><ref name="Shukla2004">{{cite book|author=R.P. Shukla|title=Early Childhood Care And Education|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kYxfDuYK9ysC&pg=PA106|accessdate=16 July 2012|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-474-8|pages=106}}</ref><br />
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Modak started two types of balwadis namely ''central balwadi'' and ''angan balwadi'' or ''[[anganwadi]]''. ''Central balwadis'' function during regular school hours and are centrally located whereas angan balwadis are located in the neighbourhood of the children targeted and have hours at their convenience. Modak's was a pioneer effort in providing non-formal education at pre-school level in India.<ref name="Shukla2004" /><br />
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The purpose of balwadis is to provide a child facilities for physical and mental growth at school and at home.<ref name="Bhattacharya2008">{{cite book|author=Sanjay Bhattacharya|title=Social Work : Interventions And Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ihNZO96qcWUC&pg=PA57|accessdate=17 July 2012|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|isbn=978-81-8450-073-8|pages=57}}</ref> Thousands of balwadis have been set up all over India by government and non-government agencies.<ref name="Bhattacharya2008" /><br />
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Balwadis were further developed as a part of the government of India's poverty alleviation programme by universalising education. They were developed for children of India's rural poor.<ref name="Singh" /> The [[Balwadi Nutrition Programme]] provides food for children at these schools.<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* ''Inside Mumbai Children of the Balwadi: Changing the Face of Education'', by Asha Saraswat. Ices Pub, 2005. {{ISBN|0974276510}}.<br />
* ''[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0003/000369/036914eb.pdf How to run a Balwadi: sample of a do-it-yourself guide-book]'', by [[Anutai Wagh]]. Unesco-UNICEF Co-operative Programme, 1979.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.indiatogether.org/2003/feb/edu-vanas.htm A balwadi in every village]<br />
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