A four-day training programme for supervisors and officials of Poshan Abhiyaan got under way in this Assam district on Wednesday.

The training programme, to be held in two batches at the Officers’ Club and the Joint Director of Health Services meeting hall, is being jointly conducted by the district project management unit, Poshan Abhiyaan, and the social welfare department.

District coordinator Rajat Chakraborty said resource persons would share details about the working of ICDS (integrated child development services)-CAS (common application software), roles and responsibilities of master trainers, how to use Google Indic keyboard, AWW (Anganwadi workers) app and smartphone, among others. Evaluation and field visits will also be conducted.

ICDS-CAS has been specially designed to strengthen the service delivery system and the mechanism for real-time monitoring for nutritional outcomes.

“It looks at improving the nutrition outcomes through effective monitoring, timely intervention and also acts as a fact-based decision-making tool,” he said.

Seventy supervisors of five ICDS projects and officials, including block coordinators of Poshan Abhiyaan, are undergoing the training.

After the training, 1,374 mobile phones will be distributed to Anganwadi workers.

Currently, 550 districts across the state have been covered under the Abhiyaan. To ensure a holistic approach, all 36 states/Union Territories and 718 districts will be covered in a phased manner within this year.

By this year, the application will be rolled out across 14 lakh Anganwadis and impact 10 crore beneficiaries.