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Mid-Day Meal Programmein

Andhra Pradesh2010-11

AP at a Glance1 Area in Sq .Kms 2,75,0452 No.of Districts 233 No.of Revenue Divisions 814 No. of Municipal Corporations 85 No. of Metro Cities 46 No. of Municipalities 1117 No.of Mandals 11288 No.of Villages 28,1239 No .of Gram Panchayats 21176

10 No. Of Habitations 72372

11 Population 7,62,10,00712 Male and Female Sex Ratio 1000: 978

13 Population Growth rate – 1991-2001 13.86

14 Percentage of population - Urban

27.30

15 Percentage of population - Rural 72.70

Mid-Day Meals Improves daily attendance particularly girls and children of

poorer sections.

Reduces dropout rate. Improves retention rate and learning ability and achievement.

Curbs teacher absenteeism and community vigilance has improved teacher’s performance.

Narrows social distances. Sharing of common meal enhances socialization and reduce prejudices.

Generates employment opportunities for women from disadvantaged sections.

Coverage Mid-Day Meal reaches

• Schools (Primary) : 59023 • AIE /EGS : 2483• Madrasas : 948• GA : 2208• Children : 45.46

lakh

• Schools (Upper Primary) : 10016• AIE /EGS : 54• Madrasas : 0 • GA : 843• Children : 24.96 lakh

Special Feature

The Government of Andhra Pradesh is providing Mid Day Meal to 9th and 10th class students from October 2008 onwards

High schools - 10016

Beneficiaries - 14,18,291

Supply of food grainsFCI

A.P. State Civil Supplies CorporationReceives the allocations

District Manager of Civil Supplies Dept.

Mandal level Storage Points

Fair Price Shops

Implementing AgenciesMostly Women Self Help Groups

Institutional arrangements

Mechanism for budget releases for conversion costsGovernment of India

State Government

Directorate District Mandal of school Educational Educational Education Officer Officer Implementing Directorate District Sub Agencies of Treasury Treasury Treasury & Officer Officer Accounts

MENU• Wholesome and Varied

• Locally and seasonally available vegetables

• Flexible

• Provides 450 calories and 12 grams proteins (Primary Stage).

• Provides 700 calories and 20 grams proteins (Upper Primary Stage).

• 2 Eggs/ Banana twice a week.

• 100 to 150 grams of rice.

MENU

Cooking Ingredients• Rice – Supplied free of cost.

• Other ingredients procured by Implementing Agencies.

Conversion Cost

Sl.No Strength of the Children in the

Schools

Unit Cost for Primary & Upper Primary

in Rs.

1 Below 50 3-50

2 51-100 3-25

3 Above 101 3-00

Implementing Agencies

• Self Help Groups (DWACRA) (Development of Women & Children in Rural Areas)

• Reputed NGOs

• Charitable Trusts

• School Management Committees.

Centralized Kitchens• Public Private Partnership mode• Food is prepared in Centralized Kitchens

and transported to Schools.

Advantages:• Cost effective• Food is prepared in hygienic condition• Easy to monitor

• Nutrition and Quality is ensured.

Area of Coverage Implementing agency

No.of Schools being

covered

No.of children being

covered

Hyderabad and Secunderabad

Naandi Foundation891

115000

Visakhapatnam(Urban)

Naandi Foundation 111 35734

Tirupathi ISKCON 78 110000Tadipatri Sri Narayana Reddy 27 3825 Medak Akshya Patra

Foundation, Bangalore

108 24378

Visakhapatnam Akshya Patra Foundation, Bangalore

7 5543

Total 1222 294480

Non-Governmental Organizations

Infrastructure facilities

• Construction of Kitchen cum store rooms

• Providing utensils

• Drinking Water

Kitchen GardensKitchen gardens are encouraged where ever feasible.

The produce is used in the preparation of the meal

Management at School level

Head Master:• Certifies attendance of

students.• Supervises quality of food• Ensures Hygienic conditions

Teachers:• Inculcate sound habits• Hygiene of students

Mothers:• Watches cleanliness of vessels,

Kitchen shed, Process of Cooking, Serving Egg / Banana twice in a week.

Monitoring

Committees to monitor the MDM Programme

Level Committee Frequency of Meeting

State The State level Steering cum Monitoring Committee

Quarterly

District The District level Committee MonthlyMunicipal The Municipal Committee MonthlyMandal The Mandal Level Committee FortnightlyThe Panchayat

levelPanchayat level Sub Committee Day to day

functioning of the implementing of the scheme.

School level School Education Committee Monthly and as when it is required

Functions

State Level Cell Release of Budget Coordinating with the Districts and other

Departments Monitoring the implementation of the scheme.

District Level Cell Distribution of Budget to mandals Monitoring of Health & Educational indicators Data monitoring & effective Implementing of the schemeDivisional Level Cell Training to cooking agencies Visit to Schools Supervision of maintenance of quality of food

& weekly menu

Mandal Level Cell Release of budget to implementing agencies

Collection of school wise & student wise data

Monitoring the of availability of rice

School Level Maintenance of MDM records Cooking food in hygienic conditions

Inculcating healthy habits.

Evaluation Internal : DIETs

External : Core Group formed to suggest modalities

Social Audit : SPIU (Strategy and Performance Innovation Unit) School Education Department.

SPIU Education through M.V. Foundation and other three external agencies has conducted Social Audit of the Mid Day Meal Scheme in 261 schools spread over in five districts in A.P. They are Adilabad, Kurnool, Mahabubnagar, Prakasam and Vizianagaram.

Impact: In many schools, as a result of the detailed Monitoring

of the attendance marking, the registers began to reflect reality.

In a large number of schools where the rice was stored in the agency or dealer’s house, rice is now stored in the school and each day the rice was allocated based on the actual attendance of children.

The quality of the meal is greatly improved in most of the schools. Eggs and vegetables were introduced.

Provision for drinking water was made in many schools where it was not available either by repairing existing tanks/taps or by providing large water containers to store water in the school.

Communities contributed for the plates of the children.

The Headmasters got more involved in monitoring the meal.

Overall, the community seemed more interested in the Mid Day Meal and this seemed to have an influence on the quality of the meal.

Main Recommendations of the study:

The rice for the Mid Day Meal should be directly supplied to the school. The role of the dealer as

a middle-man in this scheme must be removed. The Headmaster should be made responsible for the rice and maintaining the records related to this.

Cooking Agencies must be paid in time. A system must be put in place to ensure that they are paid in advance and the bills are settled later.

FLOW OF FUNDSState

DSE

DEOs

MEOS

STO

Implementing agencies

Budget 2010-11

PrimaryUpper primary

(Rs. In Crores)

• Conversion Cost :314.706 194.6837

• Honorarium to Cook cum Helper :115.212 142.503

• Transport :6.3964 5.2523

• MME :4.0834 3.3344

• Kitchen cum stores :272.80 0.00

• Total : 761.384 270.138

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