PM POSHAN Scheme – Certain instruction
issued for adverse news items on PM POSHAN /TMF
Cir.No. ESE02-27021/92/2021-MDM-CSE
Dated:15.12.2021
Sub School Education-Jagananna Gorumudda
(PM POSHAN) Scheme – Certain instruction issued for adverse news items on PM
POSHAN /TMF– Regarding.
జగనన్న గోరుముద్ద (PM POSHAN) పథకం – PM POSHAN /TMF పై ప్రతికూల వార్తలు వస్తున్నందున
సూచనలతో సర్క్యులర్ జారీ
Immediate attention of the Regional
Joint Directors of School Education and District Educational Officers is drawn
to the adverse news items regarding Mid-Day Meal in various newspapers,
electronic media and social media. When verified by the inspecting officers,
some are false news and many are genuine news.
The Regional Joint Directors of School
Education and District Educational Officers are well aware that Jagananna
Gorumudda Scheme is a flagship programme of the Government of Andhra Pradesh
and Government of India.
You are well aware that the programme is
daily run programme and the meals are meant for improvement in physical and
mental health of the children. Any issue in the quality of meals or poisoning
of the food affect the children drastically including putting their lives into
risks.
The adverse news items from different
districts are related to
1. Non supply of the Eggs in time.
2. Non supply of Chikkies in time.
3. Carelessness on the part of HMs/
cooks to verify the damaged eggs while receiving from the suppliers it self and
cooking without verification of the eggs quality before hand. This results in
vomiting and health issues to some of the students
4. Negligence the part of HMs/ cooks to
verify the chikkies while receiving from the suppliers itself and giving to
children without verification of the quality.
5. Not providing meals in few schools
due to certain issues including payment issues / rivalry among cooks / parent
committee members.
6. Negligence the part of HMs/ cooks to
verify the hygiene of the food and alertness of the cooks to take care so as to
avoid falling of certain things like lizards / inserts.
7. Non uploading of bills related to
cooking costs, honorarium to the cooks in time.
8. Non uploading of bills related to
rice / eggs / chikkies in time.
9. Negligence of the storage rooms and
storage of the materials like rice, eggs etc.,
10.Usage of bad quality ingredients,
vegetables, Oils by the cooks.
The Regional Joint Directors of School
Education and District Educational Officers are also well aware that the
Hon’ble Chief Minister gives huge importance to the Jagananna Gorumudda Scheme
as it gives nutritional support to 42 lakhs children and has direct impact not
only on their physical and mental health but also the learning outcomes. Any deviation
in the implementation of the programme will have direct impact on the children.
The Regional Joint Directors of School
Education and District Educational Officers are fully aware that many
guidelines on different aspects and components associated with the scheme are
given regularly by the Government / State office and a detailed SOP also has been
printed and circulated.
For example, the Standard Operating
Procedure related to maintaining the quality of eggs from receipt to cooking to
the distribution to the children has been detailed in page number 27 and 28 of
the SOP for Jagananna Gorumudda. However, the HMs and cooks neglect this importance
aspect which results in food poisoning cases.
The main reasons for the issues /
adverse news items are
1. Due to negligence in following the
SOP.
2. Moreover, the correspondence related
to guidelines and other aspects of the scheme given by the state office is not
communicated properly to the field levels.
3. It is also learned that the MDM
section in the district office lacks superintendents / Sr. Assistants /
Jr.Assistants / Data Entry Operators either due to vacancy or by deputing them
to other sections.
4. In some districts, the AD MDM has
been given additional charge of Deputy Educational Officers in certain
Divisions, even though the Commissioner School Education has given instructions
to not to give additional charges to the AD MDM, in view of the work load of
the scheme as well the priority of the scheme.
5. The Regional Joint Directors of
School Education / District Educational Officers / Assistant Directors (MDM) /
Mandal Educational Officers seldom check the dashboard, even though the
dashboard is meant for making the monitoring of the scheme easy for them.
Hence, the Regional Joint Directors of
School Education / District Educational Officers are here by instructed to note
that the adverse news items are viewed very seriously by the Government and by
the CMO and are closely monitored. Hence, they are instructed to communicate
all the correspondence / guidelines / instructions / SOP / Video tutorials etc.,
to reach upto the HMs / Cooks levels through online and offline modes /
meetings. They are requested to make random visits to schools for analysing the
issues and addressing suitable solutions for them.
In this regard a whatsapp number has
been put in to service to receive the complaints / suggestions / feedback from
the students, parents and general public as per the instructions of the Hon’ble
Chief Minister. The whatsapp number (7833888555) has to be widely displayed in
the schools, offices and in public places for receiving complaints /
suggestions / feedback well in advance so as to take immediate remedial
actions. The poster format for the display of the number is enclosed here with.
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