Government of India Ministry of Human Resource Development Department of School Education & Literacy Presentation for Education Secretaries

MDMS – critical role Flagship programme of the GOI, covering crore children in lakh schools;  Facilitating achievement of the National Vision, to fully harness the nation’s human potential by provision of quality school education to all.  Reinforcing the national and integrative character of education; building a society committed to Constitutional values.  Ensuring inclusiveness by enhancing access to Girls / SCs /STs / Minorities / Physically Handicapped and other Vulnerable Sections of society. 2

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 3

Coverage : Enrollment Vs. Average children 4 Upto 2 nd Quarter of Upto 4 th Quarter of

Gender Wise Data on BMI for Age Z scores Delhi Review Mission CategoryClassification Male n (%) Female n (%) Pooled Data n (%) (> 1SD) Overweight/ Obese 14 (6.5)17 (8.4)31 (7.5) 1 SD to SDNormal99 (46.3)81 (40.1)180 (43.3) - 1 SD to SD Mildly malnourished 60 (28.0)58 (28.7)118 (28.4) - 2 SD to 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 school Male 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

BMIBoysGirls% Shimla Normal Moderately Undernourished Severely Undernourished Over nourished Sirmour Normal Moderately Undernourished Severely Undernourished Over nourished Himachal Pradesh Review Mission report

Few Snaps from Field Visit Poor Quality of Food Grain school level Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Few Snaps from Field Visit Poor Quality of Tur Dal school level Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

Few Snaps from Field Visit Very Poor Management of Food 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  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 Forward New 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 out 18

Enhancing 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 19

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