Midday meal comes to the rescue of poor

students playing in school premises in Jaithram Thanda

It may have become routine for government schools to serve a mid-day meal- rice with dal- but it does help children of families in the district who are reeling under utter poverty.

The heat is keeping away many students from coming to school while those do come show little interest in attending classes during the summer vacation, being more keep on playing.

The mid- day meal helps to fill the stomachs of the children from impoverished homes at least once a day, this state of affairs being acutely visible in the tribal  areas of the district.

Poor parents who go to work during the summer are able to have the children play in the school premises in their respective villages.

Nearly 20 students were seen playing at a primary government school in JaithramThanda in Utnoor mandal after eating their mid- day meal, enjoying their summer holidays without hindrances.

Teachers in- charge of serving a mid-day meal at government schools have not been able to focus on teaching special classes to the students as the children are in  no mood to listen.

One of the students summed it up when he said that he had eaten the midday meal, had been playing on het school premise and that they were facing an acute  drinking water problems in the village.