DC monitoring Midday Meal Scheme
Source: The Sangai Express
Maram, July 01 2014:
Gone are the days when free midday meal rice provided under the Midday Meal Division, Ministry of Human Resource Development was reportedly siphoned off and sparsely witnessed in Government schools due to poor management and corrupt officials especially in rural and remote areas of the district, the new streamlining system introduced by the lady Deputy Commissioner Jacintha Lazarus is expected to end such era of midday meal just in documents.
Bringing out a new technique of closely monitoring the midday meal distribution system and reaching the consignment in their respective schools, the transport agency and concerned education officials entrusted for rice transportation to respective schools will be responsible for any irregularities during the follow up action.
Previously, the school headmasters were responsible for lifting rice from the godown.
Thanks to the tireless efforts of the DC Jacintha and ADC CEO Rang Peter, the midday meal is expected to widen the smiles of those school children in government schools.
A move that a flagship project like SSA/RTE will take a big leap in bringing more school children with free education and increase the percentage of the literacy rate in the State.
In the presence of the ZEO/ADC, Education Department officials identified as Kuba, BEO/Tadubi, PM Heni, Asst Nodal Officer, MDM and S Victor, BEO/Purul, midday meals were distributed at Maram Bazaar IB which is also under security of the IRB.
According to officials, 98 schools from Paomata, Purul and Tadubi blocks with eight shaktiman for convenience of rural roads and two DI tatas were used for the transportations in certain areas.
Those schools which cannot be reached by vehicles will be dropped at the nearest lifting point where paid porters will reach the concerned school.