Close X
Thursday, November 28, 2024
ADVT 
India

In Goa, Mothers To Be Quality Controllers In Mid-Day Meal Scheme

Darpan News Desk IANS, 30 Jun, 2017 06:49 PM
    The Goa government has decided to rope in mothers of students to taste and test the food served to their children under the mid-day meal scheme.
     
     
    In the mid-day meal scheme proforma, which is put in public domain by the State Education Department, it is mentioned that “instructions have been issued to all the heads of the institutions to involve mothers of the students for tasting the meal before serving to students.”
     
     
    In the past, few schools had witnessed instances of food poisoning through this central government sponsored scheme aimed to control drop out of students at primary and school level.
     
     
    According to the Education department, there are no designated dining halls for schools due to which students have to sit in ‘verandahs’ and have their meals during school hours.
     
     
    While this scheme is implemented in 1,501 schools across the state, the department has conceded that only seven schools have proper arrangement for washing vegetables, pulses, grains and cleaning used utensils.
     
     
    The food is prepared either by Self Help Groups or Parent Teachers Association in schools.
     
     
     
     
    The government has now decided to give state level training programmes for Self Help Groups to be organised in collaboration with Goa College of Home Science.
     
     
    “The cooks cum helpers would be trained by Institute of Hotel Management. Besides, all the school Headmaster/Headmistress will be given one day training regarding sensitisation of mid-day meal by the State government,” the department said.
     
     
    To ensure uniformity in the food that is served in meal scheme, a weekly menu has been prepared at the state level by Department of Education, which is displayed in schools across he state.
     
     
    The department has said that calorific value (450 calories and 12 gram of Protein to every child at primary level and 700 calories and 20 gram of protein to every child at upper primary level) is also being ensured as samples of meals are collected during inspections and analysed for their nutritive contents.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    12-year-old girl gang-raped, filmed in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki

    12-year-old girl gang-raped, filmed in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki
    A 12-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped at a village here, with the accused men also filming the act on their mobile phone, police said on Friday.

    12-year-old girl gang-raped, filmed in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki

    UP Highway Horror: Preliminary Medical Report Rules Out Gang Rape Of Four Women

    UP Highway Horror: Preliminary Medical Report Rules Out Gang Rape Of Four Women
    Gautam Budh Nagar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Luv Kumar on Friday said that no proof of rape has been found in the medical reports of the Jewar-Bulandshahr highway gang-rape victims.

    UP Highway Horror: Preliminary Medical Report Rules Out Gang Rape Of Four Women

    Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor Files Defamation Case Against Republic TV's Arnab Goswami

    Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor Files Defamation Case Against Republic TV's Arnab Goswami
     The Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram has also sought a direction from the high court to restrain the TV channel from broadcasting any show relating to the death of his wife till the investigation is completed by the Delhi Police.

    Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor Files Defamation Case Against Republic TV's Arnab Goswami

    Arvind Kejriwal To Visit Punjab On May 29

    Arvind Kejriwal To Visit Punjab On May 29
    Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal is set to visit Punjab on May 29 to meet party leaders and volunteers, over two months after the party received a drubbing in the Punjab Assembly polls.

    Arvind Kejriwal To Visit Punjab On May 29

    Woman Caught Selling Child For Rs. 1 Lakh In Maharashtra's Palghar

    Woman Caught Selling Child For Rs. 1 Lakh In Maharashtra's Palghar
    The police sent a decoy customer to buy the three-year-old child from the accused, who was then caught while accepting the money.

    Woman Caught Selling Child For Rs. 1 Lakh In Maharashtra's Palghar

    2 Sisters, Along With Their Young Children, Commit Suicide By Jumping Before Train

    2 Sisters, Along With Their Young Children, Commit Suicide By Jumping Before Train
    The women, married to two brothers in Dharmpuri village in Alwar's Rajgarh town, had left their house early in the morning after a dispute with their husbands' parents

    2 Sisters, Along With Their Young Children, Commit Suicide By Jumping Before Train