-The Times of India • States like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka are already using some of the fortified products. • According to health experts, more than 50% of child mortality under five years of age can be attributed to malnutrition. In a concerted effort to tackle under-nutrition in the country, the goverment is planning to provide fortified food products like wheat, rice, salt, and milk in Schools' midday meal and...
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The tough task of inculcating the value of inclusion in Schools -Zubeda Hamid and S Poorvaja
-The Hindu Efforts to include children with disabilities in mainstream Schools are fraught with challenges, say experts. Chennai: The last few weeks have been hectic for Sangeetha* (name changed) as she has been looking to admit her 11-year-old son into a new School for the coming academic year. “My son has mild Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD) and was studying in a private School in Mogappair but he and 17 other children with special...
More »Teen romance in line of child abuse law fire -Ananya Sengupta
-The Telegraph New Delhi: A 2012 law to protect children from sexual abuse is being used to target teen romance, a study of such cases in Delhi over the past three years suggests. The study by the National Law School, Bangalore, has shown that in 10 per cent of the cases filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, the accused was in a relationship with the victim. In another...
More »HP Schools to distribute mid-day meal as per roll number to check caste discrimination
-The Indian Express Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, on Tuesday, directed the government officials to circulate the instructions immediately. Shimla: In an innovative way to fight caste discrimination in Schools, Himachal Pradesh government has decided to serve mid-day meals as per the roll number of students. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday directed the government officials to circulate the instructions immediately and said if anyone was found violating the instructions, action in accordance with...
More »Egg off mid-day meal menu -KM Dayashankar
-The Hindu KARIMNAGAR (Telengana): Thanks to the escalation of prices, the serving of nutritious egg in the mid-day meal scheme is becoming a distant dream in majority of the government Schools in the district. Besides, with the steep increase of prices of pulses such as red gram and sky-rocketing prices of the vegetables due to the prevailing drought conditions, students of various government Schools are unable to get the nutritious food promised...
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