Bhopal: Children in government schools in Madhya Pradesh will now be served lunch at the dining table and not on the floor.
The presentation system will also be changed so they don’t have to wait in the queue for food, the plate is in hand.
The project has begun in use, BJP Fortress BJP Sabha MP Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Here, 20 schools have built a dining table.
The target is to have facilities in 100 schools in 80 Panchayats district, said source.
The Minister of Panchayat and Rural Development Mahendra Singh Sisodiya inaugurated the scheme on September 8 and said it would be extended throughout the state.
So far, government school students used to have food on the floor on the floor.
Now, cement benches and tables are being built in schools under MGNREGA.
This will double as study table.
It has a fee of Rs 7 lakh to build such tables in 20 schools, which means the project to be expected to cost Rs 35 Lakh, officials said.
Students are also being taught ‘polite tables’.
“Wherever the children have to sit on the floor to eat, we will build a table.
This scheme will be implemented in all Panchayats in the state,” said Minister.
Useful, Panchayats who already have a dining table at school including Berdhedi, Kishanpura, Suhaya, Baneh, Lodera, and Kushuur.