The Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme rolled out for students of Class I to V in government schools is not a freebie, in fact it is the foremost duty and responsibility of the State government to ensure its children are fed. Such schemes are the face of a government, said Chief Minister M.K. Stalin here on Thursday.
He was speaking at the launch of the novel ‘Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme’ at the Corporation Primary School Aathimoolam II in Simmakal, Madurai.
“While interacting with students recently in a programme at Chennai, I asked a few students why they appeared tired and if they had eaten. They said that they usually don’t eat in the morning, which struck a chord. Many officials and teachers affirmed the same. That spark led to the birth of the free breakfast scheme. Through this scheme, every student shall enter classrooms with their stomachs full,” he stated.
