District Collector S Bharati Dasan as directed the members of District level Monitoring cum Vigilance Committee for Mid Day meal to rotate duties of the In-charges appointed for operation of the scheme every three months.
If the schools have less number of teachers than the rotation of duties for the In-charges be done after every six months, he stated while chairing the meeting of the District level Monitoring cum Vigilance Committee for Mid Day meal here on Saturday.
Dasan stated that it is mandatory for the members of Self Help Groups (SHGs) who cook meals for the children to ensure quality and hygienic food to be prepared for the children.
He said that every school must have an In-charge for operation of the Mid Day meal schemewho would be fully responsible for running of the scheme of that particular school.
Dasan also directed that every school must have a ‘Monitoring Committee’ for the Mid Day meal scheme and the scheme must run on all days in the schools.'The Committee must have parents of children and women as members’.
In schools where there is only one teacher, the Head Teacher would be responsible for the operation of the Mid Day meal scheme, he said. Dasan said that the money saved every month from operation of the Mid Day meal scheme must be utilized for serving even better food to the children.
The In-charges of the Mid Day meal scheme are required to submit their report in the office of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Janpad Panchayat, he said.
As per the Government directives, wall of the every school must have the menu of the Mid Day meal written down alongwith the mobile numbers of District Collector, Superintendent of Police, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) besides Block Medical and Education Officer by August 15 this year.