Midday

Assam school farms fish, fruits for midday meals

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Assam school farms fish, fruits for midday meals

Teachers of Simbargaon Higher Secondary School in Assam’s Kokrajhar district with the harvest. Photo: Special Arrangement  Teacher “gone fishing” may mean absenteeism in many schools across Assam’s rural landscape, but at the Simbargaon Higher Secondary School, it’s a reality. About 15 km north of Kokrajhar, the headquarters of the Bodoland Territorial Region, the school, founded … Read more

Mid-day meal: sanction for peanut-sesame candy to students

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Mid-day meal: sanction for peanut-sesame candy to students

The government has accorded administrative sanction for providing 25 g peanut-sesame chikki (candy bar) four days a week to nearly 1.79 lakh schoolchildren in primary and upper primary classes in 895 government, aided, and special schools in Idukki and Wayanad districts and tribal areas of Palakkad district this financial year. The 25 gm peanut-sesame bar … Read more