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Name of the School GGHS FalaknumaEducational Mandal BandlagudaName of the Head Master Zainab SultanaName of the Mentor Teacher Bsheera Unnisa District Hyderabad State Andhra PradeshName(s) of the Children Participated 1. Nishath Begum, 7th

class 2. Aliya Fatima, 6th class

3.Farzeen Begum, 8th class

4.Sayeeda Rafiya Begum, 8th class

5.Shafiya Begum, 9th class

Brief Description

1. The Mid day meal scheme is the popular name for school meal programme in India. It involves provision of lunch free of cost to school-children on all working days

2. The key objectives of the programme are: protecting children from classroom hunger, increasing school enrolment and attendance, improved socialization among children belonging to all castes, addressing malnutrition, and social empowerment through provision of employment to women.

3. The scheme has a long history especially in Tamil Nadu introduced statewide by K. Kamaraj government in 1960s and expanded by M. G. Ramachandran in 1982 has been adopted by most of the states in India after a landmark direction by the Supreme Court of India on November 28, 2001

4. The success of this scheme is illustrated by the tremendous increase in the school participation and completion rates in the state of Tamil Nadu.

5. On November 28, 2001 the Supreme Court of India gave a landmark direction, which made it obligatory for the government to provide cooked meals to all children in all government and government assisted primary schools. The direction was resisted vigorously by State governments initially, but the programme has become almost universal by 2005.

6. 12 crore (120 million) children are so far covered under the Mid-day Meal Scheme, which is the largest school lunch programme in the world. Allocation for this programme has been enhanced from Rs 3010 crore to Rs 4813 crore (Rs 48 billion1.2 billion) in 2006-2007

7. In May 2004 a new coalition government was formed in the centre, which promised universal provision of cooked meals fully funded by the centre.

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8. This promise in its Common Minimum Programme was followed by enhanced financial support to the states for cooking and building sufficient infrastructure.

9. There are many Non Governement Organization which came up to support the mid day meal scheme

10.Below this document there are some pictures in which children are having there mid day meal in the government school.

11.Teacher directing the children’s to how to have the mid day meal in dignified manner.

Photo Documentation

1) Children’s having their mid day meal in schol premises

2) Childrens eating the meal in the group in dignified manner

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Serving Mid Day meal in a good manner, by helping each other

Children eating mid day meal by seating manner

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Mid day meal is been served by the students and teachers

Mid day meal is served by children in good manner