-The Hindu Business Line An Odisha organisation is working hard to preserve traditional foods and prevent the mainstream from swallowing up local knowledge systems Inside a candy pink-and-yellow shamiana, a group of children in blue uniforms line up in front of stalls heaving with different kinds of foods. Tubers in shades of brown, beige and cream; pink and red berries; tiny yellow, orange and red tomatoes; leaves of many sizes and shapes;...
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Rein on paid lunch in school
-PTI Chennai: Madras High Court has temporarily restrained a school in Kancheepuram district from making it mandatory for students to have the lunch and snacks provided by the institution for a fee. It issued notices to the Union HRD ministry, CBSE and Hiranandani Upscale School and posted the case for further hearing to September 29. The order was issued by Justice M. Sathyanarayan recently on a petition by Bharathi Rajendran. "Going through the materials...
More »HRD to reject Vasundhara Raje's demand for pre-cooked meals -Anubhuti Vishnoi
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Both the UPA and the NDA governments clearly agree on at least the subject of mid-day meals. The Manmohan Singh government told off its own minister on the proposal to bring in pre-packaged food in the scheme, the Modi government is set to do so with one of its most prominent chief ministers. The Prakash Javadekar-led Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry is set to shoot down a...
More »NLU survey reveals inadequacies in education structure of govt schools
-The Times of India JODHPUR: A survey report prepared by the Legal Help and Awareness Committee of the National Law University (NLU-Jodhpur) has pointed out glaring deficiencies in the government schools' educational framework. The committee surveyed 10 schools each in all the 11 blocks of Jodhpur district in July and found that most of the schools were lacking in basic facilities like water, electricity, cleanliness and staff. Entire logistic support and financial...
More »NGO in government's bad books to pilot free school breakfast
-The New Indian Express HYDERABAD: A few select government school students in the city will now be served breakfast thanks to Akshya Patra’s efforts. The NGO will provide breakfast at 20 government schools in Hyderabad from September. “We will give idly-sambar, upma-chutney and pongal-chutney for breakfast,” said Kaunteya Dasa of Akshaya Patra. The breakfast initiative is funded by Aurobindo Pharma, a pharmaceutical company as a part of their Corporate Social Responsibility...
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