Government of India Government of India Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentMinistry of Human Resource DevelopmentDepartment of School Education & Literacy Department of School Education & Literacy

MID DAY MEAL SCHEMEMID DAY MEAL SCHEME

Presentation for Education Presentation for Education Secretaries Secretaries

MDMS – critical roleMDMS – critical roleFlagship programme of the GOI, covering 10.68 crore Flagship programme of the GOI, covering 10.68 crore children in 12.12 lakh schools;children in 12.12 lakh schools;

Facilitating achievement of the National Vision, to Facilitating achievement of the National Vision, to fully harness the nation’s human potential by fully harness the nation’s human potential by

provision of quality school education to all.provision of quality school education to all.

Reinforcing the national and integrative character Reinforcing the national and integrative character of education; building a society committed to of education; building a society committed to

Constitutional values. Constitutional values.

Ensuring inclusiveness by enhancing access to Ensuring inclusiveness by enhancing access to Girls / SCs /STs / Minorities / Physically Girls / SCs /STs / Minorities / Physically Handicapped Handicapped and other Vulnerable Sections of society.and other Vulnerable Sections of society.

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Nutritional status of children and adults NFHS 3

The rationale for MDMS

Promoting school participation

Preventing classroom hunger

Facilitating healthy growth of children

Intrinsic educational value

Fostering social and gender equality

Psychological benefits

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Overnutrition Normal Undernutrition

Coverage : Enrollment Vs. Average children Coverage : Enrollment Vs. Average children

4Upto 2nd Quarter of 2012-13 Upto 4th Quarter of 2012-13

Gender Wise Data on BMI for Age Z scoresDelhi Review Mission

Category Classification Male

n (%)

Female

n (%)

Pooled Data

n (%)

(> 1SD) Overweight/

Obese

14 (6.5) 17 (8.4) 31 (7.5)

1 SD to - 0.99 SD Normal 99 (46.3) 81 (40.1) 180 (43.3)

- 1 SD to -1.99

SD

Mildly

malnourished

60 (28.0) 58 (28.7) 118 (28.4)

- 2 SD to -2.99

SD

Moderately

malnourished

28 (13.1) 37 (18.3) 65 (15.6)

>= -3 SD Severely

malnourished

13 (6.1) 9 (4.5) 22 (5.3)

Total 214 (100) 202 (100) 416 (100)

BMI (Z scores) Primary school

Gender Normal n (%)

Moderate undernutrition

n (%)

Severe undernutrition n

(%)

Overweight n (%)

Total

Male 89 (54.26) 43(26.22) 26(15.85) 6 (3.65) 164

Female 100(57.47) 56(32.18) 15(8.62) 3(1.72) 174

BMI Upper Primary schoolMale 49(49.49) 27 (27.27) 21(21.21) 2 (2.02) 99

Female 64(52.89) 37 (30.57) 14 (11.57) 6 (4.95) 121

Nutritional status of PRY and UPY children gender wise

Review Mission Gujarat

BMIBMI BoysBoys GirlsGirls %%

ShimlaShimla

NormalNormal 75.7675.76 78.5178.51 76.8276.82

Moderately Moderately UndernourishedUndernourished

1818 15.7015.70 16.8116.81

Severely Severely UndernourishedUndernourished

5.05.0 4.964.96 55

Over nourishedOver nourished 2.022.02 0.830.83 1.361.36

SirmourSirmourNormalNormal 70.1270.12 67.3667.36 68.6368.63

Moderately Moderately UndernourishedUndernourished

23.1723.17 26.9426.94 25.2125.21

Severely Severely UndernourishedUndernourished

6.706.70 5.695.69 6.166.16

Over nourishedOver nourished

Himachal Pradesh Review Mission reportHimachal Pradesh Review Mission report

Few Snaps from Field Visit

Poor Quality of Food Grain observed @ school level

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Few Snaps from Field Visit

Poor Quality of Tur Dal observed @ school level

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Few Snaps from Field Visit

Very Poor Management of Food Grain @ School – Hadgaon ZP High School

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Few Snaps from Field Visit

Poor Storage of Food Grain

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Few Snaps from Field Visit

Lack of Sufficient Quantity of Vegetables & Pulses

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Few Snaps from Field Visit

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Absence of eating plates in schools :

Chi . Vinayak in Pruyadarshini Vidya Sankul

Few Snaps from Field Visit

Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Poor condition of Kitchen Sheds in schools :

Chi . Vinayak in Pruyadarshini Vidya Sankul

Field Visit: Jammu(Ramban & Kishtawar)

Delay in release of funds : 4-6 months in Ramban & upto 12

months in Kishtawar.

Delay in payment of honorarium to Cook-cum-helpers: upto 12

months in Kishtawar.

Disruption for about 1-2 months due to irregular supply of food

grains.

Inadequate PDS rate: precious time of teachers wasted in getting

foodgrains to school.

No School Health Programme.

Inspection reports not available; separate inspection register not

maintained.

Field Visit to Nagaon & Morigaon Districts of Assam

• Disruption of Mid Day Meal of upto 71 days in a number of schools due to non-release of cooking cost as well as non availability of foodgrains.

• Monitoring mechanism very weak; no report to the State Government for disruption. Poor maintenance of records at school level.

• The food provided at primary norms at Nagaon, the claim made for upper primary norms in the last two years.

• Delay of 4 to 6 months in payment of honorarium to the cook-cum-helpers.

• School health programme non-functional.

Best Practices Best Practices Mothers are engaged as Bhojan Mata and Sahayika in primary

schools – Uttarakhand.

School children’s mothers association called Saraswati Vahini are involved actively in cooking and effective delivery of MDM - Jharkhand.

Kitchen Garden in the school premises – Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, West Bengal and NER States.

Construction of dining halls in schools – Tripura.

Public participation through ‘Tithi Bhojan’ – Gujarat.

Green Channel Scheme for release of funds – Andhra Pradesh.

All schools have gas based cooking –Karnataka.

Way ForwardWay ForwardNew components Extension of Mid Day Meal Scheme to private unaided schools located in

the SC, ST and Minority concentrated districts. Coverage of 25% children in private schools. Coverage of children of pre-primary schools located in the premises of

elementary schools. Provision of solar cooking and other alternative methods

Revision of norms Cooking cost based on Mid Day Meal Price Index. Honorarium to cook-cum-helper Transportation assistance at par with PDS rate Rate of MME Enhancement of norms for kitchen devices

God’s own work – we all are privileged to carry outGod’s own work – we all are privileged to carry out 18

Enhancing responsivenessEnhancing responsiveness SMCs Grievance redressal mechanisms Social audit Elaborate monitoring mechanisms at all levels - District level

review committee under the local MP Review missions - with the active involvement of the Departments

of Home Science 41 Independent monitoring institutes Special audit for discrimination MDMS portal IVRS Surprise inspections Capacity building of cooks-cum-helpers Awareness Campaigns for citizens through IVRS; media campaign

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Thank You

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