A three-day in-person training for district and block officers was conducted in West Garo Hills, Meghalaya, starting May 21, 2026. This training supports IPSI’s objective of strengthening the competencies of district program managers in their programmatic responsibilities.
The training was attended by 23 participants from the district, including district-level program managers and data managers across multiple vertical programs, as well as block program managers and data managers from each block in the district.
Building on feedback and learnings from the first batch of this training conducted in Kalahandi, Odisha, the training modalities were revised to further improve participant engagement. Over the preceding two months, consultations were held with state leadership and key district program managers to adapt and finalize the training content. Trainers from partner institutions, including the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and Indian Institute of Public Health, Shillong, conducted the training in person at Tura, the district headquarters.
Sessions used Microsoft Excel, with an instruction booklet provided to participants to guide the Excel-based exercises.
Training Structure
The training was organized across four sections:
- Measuring program performance
- Analysing and communicating data
- Estimating service coverage
- Assessing data quality
Key Features
- Content developed in consultation with state and district program managers
- Training grounded in adult learning principles of reflective and experiential learning
- Emphasis on exercises and group work using routine health systems data
