A comprehensive study, ‘Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme: Impact on Children in Primary Classes in Government Schools’, undertaken by the State Planning Commission (SPC), has revealed that not only has classroom attendance gone up, but also the students have shown an improvement in aptitude following the implementation of the scheme.
The study looked into aspects such as the effect of the breakfast scheme on attendance among primary school students; engagement in class; and the academic performance of the students; and sought to understand how the scheme was perceived by their teachers and parents. The survey was carried out by the Community Medicine Department of all government medical colleges, and led by the Community Medicine Department of the Madras Medical College.
