Birmaharajpur, Students of Badkhamar Primary School in Jatesingha gram panchayat have been boycotting their school protesting poor quality of mid-day meal being served to them. There are about 107 students in the school and responsibility of the mid-day meal has been handed over to an SHG.
A student who fell ill at the school undergoes treatment at a Ranchi hospital. Picture by Prashant Mitra
Ranchi, Nov. 13: At least five boys have died after consuming milk and snacks in a government-run residential school in Jharkhand, the tragedy unfolding on the eve of children
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi October 27, 2008, 0:30 IST
The central government last week ruled in favour of hot cooked meals as the final choice of food to be served to pre-school children under the Rs 42,000-crore Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi October 16, 2008, 0:27 IST
The government is all set to put an end to the debate on whether hot cooked meals or ready-to-eat food like biscuits should be served in the anganwadis, the pre-school feeding centres run under the central government scheme of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).
Kamavarapukota, Oct. 13: The minister for minor irrigation, Mr Maganti Venkateswara Rao, ina-ugurated the mid-day meal scheme meant for high sch-ools students in West Goda-vari district on Monday.
Hyderabad, Oct. 13: The state launched the extension of its mid-day meals scheme (covering up to Class X) in all the high schools on Monday. The minister for school education, Mr Damodara Rajanarasimha, formally launched the scheme at a school in Medak.
