The mid-day meal scheme has generated heat in the coastal belt of Calangute with parents and others complaining of poor quality meals.
According to sources, the mid-day meal scheme of the State government has come under fire for poor quality of meals, where school children in the locality have been constantly complaining of stomachache, etc.
UNHEALTHY TREND: Kids take mid-day meal in very unhygienic environment with a dog around in a Phulbani school
SALEPUR: Irked by the supply of rotten eggs in their mid-day meal (MDM) under the government scheme, students of different primary schools in Salepur, Mahanga and Nischintakoili blocks threw away the eggs in protest.
Students enrolled in madrasas across the city will now be covered under the mid-day meal scheme, an incentive planned for them by the central government.
The move is part of the Madrasa Modernisation Scheme aimed at mainstreaming children who attend these seminaries and helping them procure jobs later.
Does it take 20 days to analyse the contaminated mid-day meal that was supplied to a school in the port town?
Parents of those students who felt ill after consuming the meal have expressed anger over the Food and Drugs Administration
PREPARATION of food in the open, engaging children for cooking and use of empty paint containers to serve meals are some of the shocking instances the country
On Saturday, 18 students of Std V and VI at the Yuvak Sangh High School, Headland Sada, Vasco, had to be rushed to hospital after consuming a stale mid-day meal consisting of bhaji pao. It was served to 23 students of Std V and 19 students of Std VI.
