West Bengal govt directs schools to provide midday meal supplies to students during summer vacation

A school education department official said that this is the first time that the midday meal supplies will be distributed amongst the children also during the summer vacation. 

West Bengal govt directs schools to provide midday meal supplies to students during summer vacation

West Bengal government has directed all the state-run schools to distribute midday meal supplies among parents of students during the summer vacation. The decision comes considering that the children are not deprived of the facility. A school education department official said that this is the first time that the midday meal supplies will be distributed amongst the children also during the summer vacation. 

The School education department in an official notification directed all the district magistrates to make sure that the midday meal supplies are distributed among the guardians of the beneficiary students. "during the summer vacation at respective school point," the notice stated. 

The notice also directed the officials to come up with a distribution plan by May 25 so that the distribution of supplies could be carried out by every school. As per the notice, each student will receive 2 kg of rice, 2 kg of potato, 250-gram sugar, 250-gram pulses and one piece of soap.

The Headmistress of a primary school in Murshidabad district, Firoza Begum, said, "This is a good step. We will fix a date after May 25, and ask a section of the employees and teachers to come to the school to hand over the uncooked midday meal items to the guardians." As such items had been distributed among parents during the pandemic phase, there will not be any logistical problem, Begum said, as reported by NDTV.

All those students who appeared for the West Bengal Madhyamik Exam 2022 must note that the result is expected to be announced by next week. As per the officials, the board has received the evaluated papers from the schools and the post-evaluation process is currently underway. 

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