DPI-Mid day Meal Scheme-POSHAN ABHIYAN- Observing POSHAN MAA ( Month of Nutrition) during September 2018-
Director of Public Instruction NM
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POSHAN
ABHIYAN is a flagship programme of Ministry of Women and Child
Dvelopment (MWCD), Government of India which ensures convergence with
various other centrally sponsored programmes having nutrition as a
component. Ministry of Human Resources Department is a partner ministry
of MWCD in this venture.
National Council of
POSHAN held on 24.07.2018 decided to celebrate "Rashitrya POSHAN MAA" *(
Month of POSHAN) during the month of September 2018. The following
programmes need to be undertaken under Mid day Meal Scheme as part of
observing Rashtriya POSHAN MAA. All AEOs, Senior Superintendents and
NMOs must join hands to implement the following programmes/activities
during this month to celebrate the month of POSHAN. POSHAN means
nutrition or nourishment.
Activities to be organized:-
Instructions for AEO level
(1)
Awareness campaign for children especially adolescent girls. Awareness
programmes/ classes shall be conducted in schools for the children and
parent community. Awareness regarding the importance of nutrition,
cleanliness, good health, balanced diet, consumption of green leafy
vegetables and pulses, safe menstrual health, setting up kitchen gardens
in schools, etc shall be carried out with the support of Department of
Agriculture, Department of Health and Family Affairs and Food Safety
Department. Officials of the departments of Agriculture, Food Safety and
Health & Family Affairs may be invited to take classes/awareness
programmes in schools.
(2) School Mid day Meal
Committees shall be exclusively convened during the last week of
Septemeber 2018 to discuss issues related to nutrition, hand-wash,
setting up kitchen gardens, use of water filters, etc.
(4)
The programmes/activities shall be organized in at least 25 schools
under each AEO due to time constraints and due to the fact that there
are only a few days left for the close of Septemebr 2018.
(3)
All the above activities shall be organized before 30.09.2018. The list
of participants ( children and adults) shall be properly recorded and
the data handed over to DDEs concerned in the following format
Name
of AEO - Activities Conducted - In
convergence with which department -
Total No of Participants
Boys Girls Adult Male Adult Female
Instruction for DDE level
(4)
DDEs and NFS shall co-ordinate the entire activities happening in the
district and give wide publicity for POSHAN MAA. Day by day reports on
the activities planned and conducted with from 26-09-2018 onwards shall
be submitted via e-mail to this office.
(5) A consolidated report of districtwise act