1. 1 Mid Day Meal Scheme 4 th Review Mission – Chhattisgarh (26 th February 2013 to 2 nd March 2013)

2. 2  Team Members :  Smt. Rita Chatterjee,Joint Secretary, MHRD,GOI (Team Leader)  Sh. L. S. Maravi, Director, D.P.I, Chhattisgarh  Sh. Sameer Garg -Representative from office of Supreme Court Commissioner-Member  Dr.Abner Daniel -Representative of UNICEF, Chhattisgarh– Member Team Members Team Members Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

3. Terms of Reference of the Mission  Review the system of Fund Flow from State Government to Schools/Cooking Agencies and the Time taken in this process.  Review the Management and Monitoring of the scheme from State to School Level.  Review the Implementation of the scheme with reference to Availability of Food grains, Quality of MDM, Regularity in serving MDM as per approved norms and Mode of Cooking.  Role of Teachers  Convergence with School Health Programme (SHP) for supplementation of Micronutrients and Health check-ups and Supply of spectacles to children suffering from refractive errors.  Creation of Capital Assets through kitchen-cum-store/kitchen devices  Appointment of Cook-cum-Helpers for preparation and serving of meal to the Children 3 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

4. Contd….  Availability of dedicated staff for MDM at various levels  Review the Maintenance of Records at the level of school/cooking agency.  Review the Availability of Infrastructure, its adequacy and Source of funding.  Review of Payment of Cost of foodgrains to FCI by the districts  Review the Involvement of NGOs/Trust Centralized kitchens by States/UTs Government in Implementation of the Scheme. 4 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

5. Contd….  Assess the Involvement of Community' in Implementation of MOM scheme  Review of status of MIS integration with IVRS for monitoring of the Scheme and give suggestions for improvement in the implementation of the programme.  Management Information System (MIS) from school to block, district and State Level to collect the information and disseminate it to other stakeholders 5 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India

6. 1. Durg ( Covered all 3 Blocks) 2. Kanker ( Covered 2 Blocks) Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Review Mission Team’s visit : Review Mission Team’s visit :

7. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Review Mission Team Review Mission Team

8. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Team Tasting the MDM in a School in Durg District Team Tasting the MDM in a School in Durg District

9. Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Team Tasting the MDM in a School in Durg District Team Tasting the MDM in a School in Durg District

10. 10 Places visited Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Date of VisitPlace Selection of the District to be visited by Review Mission 26,27 Feb 2013 Durg : (Durg, Dhamdha Blocks ) 26 Feb 2013 : 10.00 AM JRM Brief Session with State Post this Dep for school visits 28 Feb 2013 Kanker (Charama,Kanker Blocks) School Visits in Charama & Kanker Blocks 2 nd March 2013Raipur 4 th Report Presentation by MHRD

11. 11 Flow Of Presentation Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India  Part 1 : Performance of the Scheme during 2010-11 to 2012-13 upto 3 rd Quarter  Part 2 : Findings of the Review Mission Team in two districts :  Durg  Kanker  Part 3 : Recommendations

12. 12 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India ( Districts with coverage less than 94 % ) Primary Schools ( Source : AWP & B – 2012-13 ) Coverage : Meals Availed vs Enrollment

13. 13 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Upper Primary Schools : ( Source : AWP & B – 2012-13 ) ( Districts with coverage less than 86 % ) Coverage : Meals Availed vs Enrollment

14. 14 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India ( Source : AWP & B – 2012-13 & QPRs ) Primary + Upper Primary Coverage : Meals Availed vs Enrollment of Durg & Kanker Districts

15. 15 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Monthly Data Entry Status as on 1.3.2013

16. 16 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Areas of Concern ( Findings )

17. 17 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Areas of Concern ( Findings )

18. 18 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Good Practices

19. 19 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Good Practices Teacher,’s participation School Health cards

20. 20 Best Practices Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India  Regularity in serving MDM  Good Attendance  SC Cooks are appointed and no discrimination observed  Adequate quantity of vegetables  Kitchen gardens in schools  Extent of Community and Panchayat Involvement is high  Good Hygiene in schools and kitchens

21. 21 Best Practices Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India  Convergence with other sectors through Mitanins and Village Health Nutrition Sanitation Committees

22. 22 Recommendations Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India  Advance payment of cooking cost and honorarium to cook cum helpers may be ensured.  Better Monitoring of the centralized kitchens from where the MDM is supplied to certain schools.  There should a state level order on preparation of Menu laying down minimum food norms as per MDM Guidelines.  Kitchen Gardens and Green Squares should be encouraged. This can become an Activity for children.  Training should be given to cook cum helpers on nutrition aspects including the use of fortified and iodised salt.

23. 23 Recommendations Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India  MME Funds should be used for supplying soaps for washing hands and Phenyl for cleaning the toilets.  Implementation of the Weekly IFA Supplementation program (for weekly IFA supplementation and biannual de worming) and the School Health Program needs to be planned with the Department of Health and Family Welfare.  It is recommended that state should encourage the cooking agencies to cook in smoke less Chulahs or in LPG.  All schools should be instructed to display MDM logo outside walls of kitchen premises as well on any other prominent place in school so that general public

24. 24 Scope for improvement Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Smoking Chulah… Unused / Small Kitchen sheds

25. 25 Scope for improvement Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Cooking Outside.. Plates ???

26. 26 Recommendations Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India  More encouragement should be given for community participation as the community is going to be benefited by such initiatives.  Setting up of State Project Management Unit (SPMU):  State Review Mission: The State Govt. should also constitute Review Mission at the State level.  The Department should prepare a MME plan and share it with the districts and blocks and ensure that 50 % of the MME Funds should be spent at the school level as per the Government of India instructions on utilization of MME Funds.

27. 27 Recommendations Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India  MIS Monthly data entry in to the MDM MIS at trgmdm.nic.in is pending. It should be completed by 31 st March 2013 for all the months. For this a team may be set at all levels.  Evaluation studies of the scheme should be conducted by the state government through an external agency.  Inclusion of eggs out of existing resources can be considered  Grievance Redressal mechanism may be set up for registering complaints under the scheme at all levels in the State.

28. 28 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Few Snaps of Visit

29. 29 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Few Snaps of Visit

30. 30 Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Thank you….