MEERUT: With schools closed yet again due to the
second wave of Covid-19
, the
Uttar Pradesh government
has instructed all the basic shiksha adhikaris to provide funds and grains to the beneficiaries.
The
midday meal initiative
, which aims at increasing the student enrolment and attendance in schools, will be used to help the poor - as it was done in the previous year. The parents of over 1.5 crore students studying in UP government schools will now be given grains and food allowance for the period the schools remain shut.
“This is to bring to your notice that even though the schools have been closed due to
Covid-19
, the
funds and grains of the midday meals
have to be distributed among the beneficiaries,” said Vijay Kiran Anand, director, Midday Meal Authority.
This comes in the backdrop of the decision taken by the government to provide the families of over 1.5 crore students studying in the state government schools with the conversion cost and food grains till the schools reopen.
The order stated that the money will be transferred only after the block education officers concerned provide the details of each student from
Prerna portal
to each school principal – who will further investigate the details before transferring the money.
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