Nurturing Meghalaya's Future, One Child at a Time
The Mission for Early Childhood Development in Meghalaya (MECDM) is a flagship government initiative ensuring every child from conception to 8 years receives the nurturing care they need during the most critical years of development.
Our Vision
Every child in Meghalaya reaches their full developmental potential through access to quality health care, nutrition, early stimulation, and nurturing care during the first 8 years of life.
"Enable Meghalaya's children to achieve their full long-term potential by ensuring good health care, nutrition and cognitive development support during the critical years of early childhood."
Mission Objectives
- Ensure good health outcomes for children 0-8 years and mothers
- Provide adequate nutrition for optimal growth and development
- Deliver quality early childhood care and education
- Create safe, nurturing, and stimulating environments
- Promote responsive caregiving practices in families
- Build capacity of frontline workers at all levels
Multi-Department Collaboration
Five departments working together to deliver comprehensive ECD services
Social Welfare
Lead implementing agency for ICDS, AWC services, and nutrition programs
Health & Family Welfare
Maternal and child health, immunization, HBNC/HBYC, GMCD screening
Education
ECCE curriculum, school readiness, transition to primary school
MSRLS
SHG mobilization, ECD Educators, community-led nutrition actions
SRCDC
Community mobilization, faith-based partnerships, awareness campaigns
Convergent Action
Joint planning, shared data systems, and coordinated service delivery for maximum impact
Mission Structure & Teams
From state leadership to village-level frontline workers, a coordinated structure ensuring quality service delivery
State Level
Mission Director
Overall leadership and strategic direction
State Project Management Unit
Program planning, coordination, and monitoring
Technical Teams
Health, Nutrition, ECCE, M&E specialists
District Level
District Program Officer
District-level implementation oversight
CDPO / DCPO
Block coordination and service delivery
District Teams
Convergence with health, education departments
Block Level
Lady Supervisors
Supervision of 20-25 AWCs each
ECD Fellows
Implementation support and data management
Cluster Teams
Cross-sector coordination at cluster level
Village Level
Anganwadi Workers
Service delivery at AWCs
ASHA / ANM
Health services and home visits
ECD Educators
ECCE support and parent engagement
10,000+
Total workforce across Meghalaya serving children and families
Continuous Support from 0-8 Years
Age-appropriate interventions at every stage of early childhood
First 1000 Days
0-2 years
Critical period for brain architecture, nutrition, and responsive caregiving
Explore resourcesEarly Childhood
3-6 years
Foundation for learning through play, social-emotional development, and school readiness
Explore resourcesEarly Grades
6-8 years
Smooth transition to formal schooling with continued developmental support
Explore resourcesFour Project Components
$55.77 million investment across four integrated components
Health & Nutrition
Strengthening maternal and child health services, nutrition interventions, and growth monitoring
Early Learning
Quality ECCE delivery, curriculum implementation, and AWW capacity building
Infrastructure
AWC upgradation, new ECD centre construction, and facility improvement
Governance & Systems
Institutional strengthening, data systems, and research partnerships
Mission Priorities for Meghalaya
Reduce Developmental Delays
Early identification and intervention through GMCD protocol for all children 0-3 years
45,000+
GMCD screens
Improve ECCE Quality
Activity-based learning, trained workers, and quality demo centres in every block
85%
AWWs trained
Strengthen Community-led ECD
Empowering VHCs, SHGs, and faith institutions as partners in child development
6,000+
VHCs active
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Working Together for Every Child
The Mission brings together Social Welfare, Health, Education, MSRLS, and SRCDC to deliver integrated services. This convergent approach ensures that children receive comprehensive support across all domains of development.
Joint Planning
Coordinated action plans at state, district, and block levels
Shared Data Systems
Unified monitoring across health, nutrition, and education
Integrated Training
Joint capacity building for all frontline cadres
Explore Our Programmes & Impact
See how the Mission delivers early childhood development across Meghalaya through our six program components.