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Recommendations to improve Mid-Day Meal quality and facilities in Bihar schools, including regular provision of grains and vegetables, trained staff, gas facilities for cooking, and separate dining halls. Monitoring conducted in districts Darbhanga, Saharsa, Sheohar, and Sitamarhi.
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17. Recommendation: • Food grains and cooking cost should be provided to the VSS/MTA of concerned school regularly. • Block level authority must visit once in a week to see the MDM facilities in the schools. • Separate person should be appointed at CRC level to look after the quality of MDM in schools. • Green vegetables should also be given to the students in MDM regularly. • Light food items may also be distributed among students at dismissal hours, so that the students may have incentive to wait till the school hours are over. • Separate trained staff should be appointed to look after MDM in the school. • The gas facilities should be provided to schools for cooking food. • Adequate utensils and plates should be made available in schools for preparing and serving the MDM. • Fruits and Salad should also be given to the students for better nutrition at least twice in a week. • Provision should be made by the government for construction of a dining hall in each school where children may take their meal in proper manner and in hygienic condition. • For different types of expenditure schools must maintain different account so that it gives clear picture.
Presentation on MDM Monitoring of the State of Bihar Districts: Darbhanga, Saharsa, Sheohar and Sitamarhi Conducted by A. N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna – 800 001 Nodal Officer: Professor Ajay Kumar Jha Office Phone No. : 0612 - 2219395 Mobile No. : 09199075583 Email ID : ajaykumarjha_india@hotmail.com