Chennai 8th, September : Tamil Nadu government’s famous breakfast program for students in the primary grades of the state’s public schools in the state is expected to begin on September 15th, which is the anniversary of birth of DMK the founder and Chief Minister late C.N.Annadurai.The government of the state has launched a program for students of classes 1-5 in public primary schools.
The goal is to increase the number of students enrolled, to check the drop-out rate and ensure that the children who mainly come from families that are financially weak are eating healthy and nutritious meals.
In the initial phase the program will be launched in Madurai district.
The district administration has begun giving training to self-help groups members who will be in charge of the cooking of breakfast.
Training sessions are scheduled for the members of the self-help groups to prepare healthy and hygienic breakfast.
The scheme will be implemented in 1,545 schools in rural and municipal regions of Tamil Nadu.It will help 1.14 million students in the initial phase.
Breakfast menu of breakfast includes semiya upma, rava utma, with Sambar, rava khichdi semiya khichdi, and Rava Pongal.
Breakfast is scheduled to be served from Monday through Friday.A dessert will be offered on Fridays to students.It is either rava or semiya kesari.
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