Question

what are the objectives and components of mid-day meal programme

Answer 1

The Government of India started Mid-Day Meal Scheme. With an aim to enhancing enrolment of children in schools, retention and increased attendance while also improving nutritional levels among children, the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE) was launched as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme on August 15, 1995. After some amendments, as per the expansion of the programme, the Government designed a set of rules and guidelines to be followed for implementation. These include various aspects related to child health and growth like the quantity of calories and proteins required for children from specific age groups, the quantity of grains that can be allotted to each child, and so forth.
The objectives of the Mid-Day Meal Scheme are:
· Improving the nutritional status of children in classes I-V in Government, Local Body and Government aided schools, and EGS and AIE centres.
· Encouraging children, belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend school more regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activities.

Answer 2

Explanation:

1:The Mid-day Meal Scheme was started to provide a cooked mid-day meal on every school day with the nutritional content of 450 calories, 12 gm protein and other micro-nutrients to all children studying in Class I to VIII in government, local body, and government-aided schools.

2:The basic purpose of this scheme was to improve enrollment, retention and attendance of the children in school and simultaneously improving nutritional levels among them.

3:This encouraged poor children, belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend school more regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activities.

4:An additional purpose was to provide nutritional support to children of primary classes in drought-affected areas.

5:It is the largest school feeding program in the world covering 10.44 crore children in 12.2 lakh elementary schools across the country. The Mid-day Meal scheme is one of the most successful schemes of the Government of India.

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