The government is considering a proposal to revise the midday meal scheme material cost (funds sanctioned to schools for implementing the scheme) to ₹6 for pre-primary and primary students and ₹8.17 for upper primary students, Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has said.
He was replying to a calling-attention motion by Saneeshkumar Joseph, Chalakudy MLA, on addressing the crisis in the mid-day meal scheme in the State, in the Assembly here on Tuesday.
Mr. Sivankutty said a recommendation to allocate special funds to the tune of ₹22 a week for each student to provide milk and egg or ‘nendran’ banana as part of supplementary nutrition had also been made by the Director of General Education (DGE).
