Karnataka is the last of the South Indian states to include eggs in midday meals.
Getting nutrition back on the school high table
COVID-19 or otherwise, educational institutions need to ensure that schoolchildren are nurtured and nourished. Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, India was facing significant nutritional challenges. Hence, there is a need to pivot on children’s nutrition, using the novel coronavirus pandemic to better understand current nutrition and nutritional…
Karnataka: Akshaya Patra resumes mid-day meal for school children
The Akshaya Patra Foundation on Thursday resumed the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) Scheme in Karnataka for children after the Covid-19 pandemic kept them away from school for the last 18 months. The MDM programme benefits lakhs of students in government and government aided schools.