~ 1439 ~ Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2019; 8(1): 1439-1442 E-ISSN: 2278-4136 P-ISSN: 2349-8234 JPP 2019; 8(1): 1439-1442 Received: 19-11-2018 Accepted: 23-12-2018 Runi Kumari Research Scholar, HSCM, College of Community Science, RPCAU, Pusa, Bihar, India Dibyanshu Shekhar Asstt. Professor, Department of Extension Education, Dr RPCAU, Pusa, Bihar, India AK Singh Professor & Head, Department of Extension Education Dr RPCAU, Pusa, Bihar, India Meera Singh Professor & Dean, College of Community Science, Dr RPCAU India, Pusa, Bihar, India Correspondence Runi Kumari Research Scholar, HSCM, College of Community Science, RPCAU, Pusa, Bihar, India Knowledge of lady supervisors towards different ICDS activities Runi Kumari, Dibyanshu Shekhar, AK Singh and Meera Singh Abstract The present research enterprises was carried out in Samastipur district of North Bihar in order to assess the role expectation and role performance of lady supervisor under the ICDS programme. The study also aims to assess the role performance against their expected role of lady supervisors. The supervisor is the immediate senior official among the anganwadi workers and subordinate to the Child Development Project Officer (CDPO). The lady supervisors are the main agent for successful implementation of this programme at ground level. The findings of the study indicated that majority (72.41%) of the respondents have medium level of knowledge and only 20.69% of selected respondents were having low level of knowledge while only 6.9% of respondents posse high level of knowledge. Component wise level of knowledge of the lady supervisors shows the extent of knowledge of the selected respondents in different components of ICDS programme which indicates that the knowledge level of lady supervisors was highest in the area of child and pregnancy care. Further, the finding also indicates that the knowledge level of lady supervisors under ICDS programme in order of their importance were non-formal pre-school education, sanitation, administration, health checkup and referral services, immunization, supplementary nutrition management and girls education. This might be due to the fact that prenatal care is extremely important which reduces the risk of pregnancy related complication such as anemia, preterm birth, preeclampsia, complication of diabetes, or poor growth of the baby in uterus. Keywords: lady supervisors, knowledge, ICDS activities Introduction The country has not only the second highest population in the world but it has also the second highest child population. As per estimate about two-fifth of its population are children up to age of 14 and 17 % under six years of age. Keeping this in view, India is concentrating seriously upon the welfare of children. The National policy for children was adopted by the Government of India in 1974. The policy recognized the children to be “Supremely important assets” of the nation and hence, the nation should have to look to their “nurture and solicitude”. Under the policy all states Government have to provide adequate services for children both at the pre-natal and post-natal stage to ensure all-round development in all aspects. In Bihar, state also, ICDS Programme has been in the present study knowledge was operationalized as quantum of specific information possessed by the respondents about ICDS function that is supplementary nutrition management, sanitation, non-formal preschool education, girls education, child and pregnancy care, health checkup and referral services, immunization, administration etc. Knowledge one of the important components of behavior and as such plays vital role in the covert as well as overt behavior of an individual. The present study was carried out in 20 blocks of Samastipur district of North Bihar. In each block of Samastipur district there is one CDPO and number of lady supervisors working under ICDS. Altogether in twenty blocks there were 116 lady supervisors working under the ICDS. Out of which 50 % of total population of lady supervisors i.e. 58 were constituted as the sample of the study following the purposive sampling procedure. Further, following procedures were adapted for developing the knowledge test during the study. Material and Methods The content of knowledge test is composed of questions called components. A large number of components with respect to smooth functioning of ICDS were collected through literature as well as consultation with home science specialist, home science extension workers, nutritional specialist and members of the advisory committee for formulating questions to test the extent of knowledge of the lady supervisors working under the ICDS programme. A large number of components were also obtained from subject matter specialist. In all 73 components belong to ICDS functions was collected. These components covered with all major/important aspects of supplementary nutrition management, sanitation,