Regularity in Serving Meals

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MID DAY MEAL - PUNJAB MI- Panjab University, Chandigarh MID DAY MEAL - PUNJAB MI- Panjab University, Chandigarh
District monitored Five SAS Nagar, Ludhiana, Moga, Jalandhar Kapurthala
Period of the Report 1st April 2011 to 30th September 2011
Month of Visit to District/School July,2011 to September,2011
Number of Elementary Schools Monitored (Primary Upper Primary) 40 in each District

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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.

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Trends of Having MDM
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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.

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Regularity in Delivering Cooking Cost

• Cooking cost is given to the heads of the
  schools _at_ 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.

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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.

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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.

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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
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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.

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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. B-Complex
  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.

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Status of Cooks

• Cook cum helpers (Ayas) has been engaged in
  schools for cooking and serving the meals _at_ 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.

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Infrastructure
GPS Bhagu Majra SSA Nagar
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Drinking Water

• 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 .

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Utensils Cooking / Serving
Adequate utensils available for cooking the food
in all schools in all districts.
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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.

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Safety Measures
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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.

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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.

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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 .

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• THANX

Presentation by Dr. Jatinder Grover,Nodal
officer Monitoring Institution-Punjab
University,Chandigarh(UT) Email ID
jatinder1633_at_gmail.com Mobile No 9855425672,
0172-2534324