INTEGRATED CHILD-DEVELOPMENT SERVICES - A CRITIQUE OF EVALUATION TECHNIQUES

Besides implementation, the process of monitoring and evaluating of In tegrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) also suffers from serious dra wbacks. Notably, there is lack of timely and effective feedback front higher to lower levels, large amount of paperwork at all levels. and f inally, the failure to establish a link between costs and benefits. Fu rther, there is a danger of indiscriminate expansion of the scheme wit hout addressing its qualitative aspects. There is a need to revise exi sting evaluation techniques risen hy the government to assess schemes like ICDS and such exercises could prove reliable if carried out by ag encies independent of government.