Statesman News Service
MALDA, Sept.17: The top district administrative officials held a meeting with the education officials today to introduce the mid-day meal project in upper primary level where the programme was yet to begin despite Order of the Supreme Court.
Though the mid-day meal project is running in primary schools in many blocks in this district but in secondary schools for class V to VIII students the project was yet to begin in Manikchak, Old Malda and English Bazaar including its municipal areas.
To introduce the project in upper primary level immediately and to maintain a proper monitoring system of this project the district administration has decided to involve all inspectors of primary and secondary education.
The district magistrate Mr. C R Das today approached the DI, SI and ASI of primary and secondary education to keep vigilance on quality of rice, cooked food and weights prescribed by the government for mid-day meal apart from functioning of schools from now.
“The headmaster of the school will submit the monthly report of accounts of the project to the block development officer. But the report must be counter signed by the respective education officials. The BDO would not receive the report without signature of two officials”, said Mr. C R Das, the district magistrate in Malda.
Earlier this system was not maintained properly due to reluctance of both teachers and education officials, he added.
To maintain the quality of the rice meant for mid-day meal the district magistrate office has decided to send sample of rice, collected from the FCI to be allotted to all school authorities, so that distributor can not change the rice on transit and can not deliver poor quality of rice instead.
The education officials including the teachers said they will face problem even then as the number of upper primary students is more than 800 to 1200 in many schools.
“ We will face problem due to lack of man power and infrastructure and it would kill time and hamper study during school hours”, they pointed out.
Though the mid-day meal project is running in primary schools in many blocks in this district but in secondary schools for class V to VIII students the project was yet to begin in Manikchak, Old Malda and English Bazaar including its municipal areas.
To introduce the project in upper primary level immediately and to maintain a proper monitoring system of this project the district administration has decided to involve all inspectors of primary and secondary education.
The district magistrate Mr. C R Das today approached the DI, SI and ASI of primary and secondary education to keep vigilance on quality of rice, cooked food and weights prescribed by the government for mid-day meal apart from functioning of schools from now.
“The headmaster of the school will submit the monthly report of accounts of the project to the block development officer. But the report must be counter signed by the respective education officials. The BDO would not receive the report without signature of two officials”, said Mr. C R Das, the district magistrate in Malda.
Earlier this system was not maintained properly due to reluctance of both teachers and education officials, he added.
To maintain the quality of the rice meant for mid-day meal the district magistrate office has decided to send sample of rice, collected from the FCI to be allotted to all school authorities, so that distributor can not change the rice on transit and can not deliver poor quality of rice instead.
The education officials including the teachers said they will face problem even then as the number of upper primary students is more than 800 to 1200 in many schools.
“ We will face problem due to lack of man power and infrastructure and it would kill time and hamper study during school hours”, they pointed out.
Finally the district magistrate Mr. C R Das said that the mid-day meal project must be introduced in upper primary where the students’ strength is below 500 to 600 at present and he assured them of the fact that the administration would consider their ‘logistic problem’ of management and take steps for implementing the project. (END)
1 comment:
Thanks a lot for the coverage. We are really in earnest to start the MDM in upper primary stage. Would you please send me a copy of relevant portion of the repotage published on 17.08.08.
s.mukherjee
malda
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