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School feeding programs are very context-specific, and each community's program must be designed based on the demographics, geography, and other patterns within and outside of schools. For this reason, there are a variety of challenges that emerge in the creation and implementation of school feeding programs.
The Mid Day Meal Scheme is a school meal programme in India designed to better the nutritional status of school-age children nationwide. [1] The scheme has been renamed as PM-POSHAN Scheme. [ 2 ] The programme supplies free lunches on working days for children in government primary and upper primary schools, government aided Anganwadis ...
By end of 2010, the programme is claiming to reach 80.6 lakh expectant and lactating mothers along with 3.93 crore children (under 6 years of age). [10] There are 6,719 operational projects with 1,241,749 operational Aanganwadi centres. [1] Several positive benefits of the programme have been documented and reported
Free school meals can be universal school meals for all students or limited by income-based criteria, which can vary by country. [14] A study of a free school meal program in the United States found that providing free meals to elementary and middle school children in areas characterized by high food insecurity led to better school discipline among the students. [15]
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Private schools have been established since the British Rule in India and St George's School, Chennai is the oldest private school in India. [149] At such schools, the medium of education is often English, but Hindi or the state's official language is also taught as a compulsory subject. [ 150 ]
Students from over 19,000 schools across the country receive food from APF that is considered to be of hygienic quality, and the programme is one of the largest in the world. The programme has been controversial too, as it serves vegetarian satvik food (without onions and garlic) and has been questioned by many for its nutritional value and the ...