District Collector N S Mandavi has directed officials of the School Education Department monitoring the Mid Day meal schemes to taste food prepared for children atleast once in a month for ensuring quality food is being served under the scheme.
Chairing a Monitoring Committee meeting for the Mid Day meal scheme, Mandavi also discussed issues such as serving warm and fresh meal to the children under the scheme with the commencement of the current academic session.
It was proposed in the meeting that soya milk be served to children once a week alongwith the meal.
The Collector also directed that all the kitchen sheds be constructed as per the prescribed norms of the Central government. Currently there are 943 primary and 461 middle schools serving Mid day meals to 11.917 lakh children in the district.