Transcript Document 7613469

MID DAY MEAL - PUNJAB
MI- Panjab University, Chandigarh
District monitored
Period of the Report
Month of Visit to
District/School
Number of Elementary
Schools Monitored (Primary
& Upper Primary)
Five:
SAS Nagar, Ludhiana,
Moga, Jalandhar &
Kapurthala
1st April 2011 to 30th
September 2011
July,2011 to
September,2011
: 40 in each District
1
Regularity in Serving Meals
• The hot cooked meal is served to all the
children in the five districts in all schools which
is cooked in the school premises and served
in the lunch hour.
Trends of Having MDM
4738
Kapurthala
4760
4671
Jalandhar
4708
7837
Moga
Students having MDM
7893
Students Present
5376
SAS Nagar
5392
6251
Ludhiana
6287
0
1000
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5000
6000
7000
8000
9000
Regularity in delivering Food Grains
• Food grains (wheat & rice) are delivered to
the schools at their doorstep by Govt.
agency.
• The delivery is in time.
• The quality of food grain delivered is good
in all Districts.
Regularity in Delivering Cooking Cost
• Cooking cost is given to the heads of the
schools @ Rs. 2.89/- & Rs. 4.33/- for PS &
UPS respectively by cheque and they at their
own arrange the cooking ingredients and
vegetables etc. from the nearby shops.
Quality of these ingredients is good in all
schools.
• Release of cooking cost and cook cum
helpers remuneration has to be channelised
as its generally delayed by 2-3 months in all
districts. And most of the heads are paying
from their own pocket.
Social Equity
•
All the children take meals together at the same time in
the school varandhas. No discrimination was observed
in serving or seating arrangements in any district.
• MDM is served in the varandhas of the schools and the
teacher are monitoring to wash their tiffins, hand and
dine without wasting the food.
• The teacher are assigned to monitor the distribution with
the help of cook cum helpers.
• In Schools of SAS NAGAR(15%), Ludhiana (10%), Moga
(20%), Jalandhar (10%), Kapurthala (12.5%), teachers
are not taking care of discipline during food distribution
and there is no arrangement of TATS/ DARIS for seating
arrangement during serving the food.
Variety of Menu
• All schools have displayed its weekly
menu on the notice boards or outside
kitchen shed, and adhere to the menu
displayed which is decided at the state
level.
• For all six days different menu is there.
• All the visited schools serve good food as
per the statement of the students.
WEEKLY MENU OF MDM
DAY
MENU
Monday
Chapatti + Seasonal vegetable+ Kheer
Tuesday
Rice+ Dal
Wednesday
Chapati+ Black Channa
Thursday
Rice+ Karhi
Friday
Chapati+ Dal
Saturday
Sweet rice
Quality & Quantity of Meal
• Quality of food is quite
satisfactory. The quantity
of food provided is in
adequate amount.
• As per the statements of
the school children and
of the parents, MI came
to know that majority of
the children and parents
in the all the districts
were happy with the
quantity and quality of
food served.
Good Food prepared
100%
85%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
90%
92.50%
90%
90%
Supplementary
• The Health Department of Punjab is taking
care of health checkups of all the students
twice a year.
• The Deworming suspension, Deworming
tablets, Iron Folic acid tablets and Vitamin –A
tablets, nutrition supplements in form of Syp. BComplex i.e., Syp. A to Z and Syp.Hovite are
also distributed among students according to
their age and requirements.
• School Health card of all students are
maintained.
Status of Cooks
• Cook cum helpers (Ayas) has been engaged in
schools for cooking and serving the meals @
Rs. 1000/- pm. Remuneration is paid to them
regularly by the head from his own pocket as
the grant is delayed by 1-2 months regularly in
all districts- SAS Nagar (48 days), Ludhiana
(54 days), Moga (47 days), Jalandhar ( 55
days ) , Kapurthala ( 52 days), some
procedural steps have to be taken to
regularise the grants.
• Majority of Cook cum helpers belong to
SC/ST/OBC/ minority communities.
Infrastructure
Complete Kitchen Shed
100.00%
90.00%
87.50%
85%
85%
87.50%
90%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
GPS Bhagu Majra – SSA
Nagar
Drinking Water
Poor Cleanliness of Drinking Water Area
in Schools
100%
80%
60%
40%
40%
32.50%
30%
30%
27.50%
20%
0%
Ludhiana
SAS Nagar
Moga
Jalandhar
Kapurthala
Drinking water available in all
schools in all districts . Cleaning
of over head water tanks is
needed twice a year in schools
of all districts *.
Utensils – Cooking / Serving
Utensils for Serving not available in Schools
Adequate
utensils
available for
cooking the
food in all
schools in all
districts.
100.00%
80.00%
60.00%
50%
52.50%
45%
42.50%
40%
40.00%
20.00%
0.00%
Ludhiana
SAS Nagar
Moga
Jalandhar
Kapurthala
Fuel Used in Cooking
• LPG is used in schools as cooking fuel.
• When LPG is not available, firewood is
used in 10-15% schools for 3-5 days in
a month in all districts especially in
schools having low student strength.
• Teachers face problem in procurement
of LPG. In Schools of SAS Nagar
(17.5%), Ludhiana (12.5%), Moga
(15%), Jalandhar (10%), Kapurthala
(12.5%).
• In 5-10% schools of all districts, SAS
Nagar (10%), Ludhiana (7.5%), Moga
(10%), Jalandhar (5%), Kapurthala
(5%), there is reported theft of cylinders
and other materials from the kitchens
mainly in Primary schools.
Safety Measures
Poor Safety Measures (Non
standardised regulators/
pipes/ using firewood in
kitchen sheds)
100.00%
80.00%
60.00%
40.00%
20.00%
0.00%
12.50%
15%
15%
12.50%
10%
Safety & Hygiene
• Clean environment of cooking areas in
majority of the schools.
• Water Blockage problem is there in schools
of District SAS NAGAR(35%), Ludhiana
(40%), Moga (37.50%), Jalandhar (42.5%),
Kapurthala (40%), due to that foul smell is
there near the cooking areas.
• As MDM is served in varandhas, it is required
that as the meals are over, cleaning should
be done immediately in the varandhas as its
not prevalent in majority of schools of all
districts.
INSPECTION & SUPERVISION
• Before serving the cooked food Principals/ Heads/
incharges of Mid Day Meal used to check and
taste the food in the schools in all districts.
• Assistant Block Managers in all districts were
appointed but they are visiting the schools for
checking the food preparation and other aspects
regarding stock, quality of food etc. occasionally.
• District Mid Day Managers were also appointed to
monitor MDM in all districts but they were visiting the
schools not very often in all districts.
Community Participation and
Awareness
• Almost in all the visited schools by the MI it was
found that the SMC/ MTA members are used to visit
occasionally to monitor and participate in the MDM
activities.
• In schools of district SAS NAGAR(35%), Ludhiana
(45%), Moga (40%), Jalandhar (47.5%), Kapurthala
(50%) SMC/PTA members are taking regular care of
MDM.
• More active participation of SMC/PTA/MTA is
required in all schools .
THANX
Presentation by: Dr. Jatinder Grover,Nodal officer
Monitoring Institution-Punjab University,Chandigarh(UT)
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