Fifty-one lakh children went hungry and the administrators of the afternoon centers were half-unemployed

Even though Anganwadi and pre-school are open, mid-day meal centers in schools are still closed. With the appearance of providing nutrition to children and maintaining immunity, cooking cost of Rs. Late paid and year-end assistance - grain is still being provided

Rajkot: Schools in the state have been reopened in phases as Koro transition has slowed down and pre-schools and Anganwadis have also been started from today but mid-day meal centers in Std. 1 to 8 schools are still closed. Meals do not benefit. In addition, 96,000 employees, including managers and assistants of lunch centers, are in a state of semi-unemployment due to late pay.

Along with the schools, the mid-day meal centers were also closed since the first wave, which has not yet been allowed to resume. Parthimikshikshik Maha Sangh - Gujarat On the 11th it was submitted to the Minister of Education that Std. In the hinterland for direct education from 1st to 8th, children have to leave their homes even earlier to reach school at 11 o'clock from a long distance. They come to school hungry and have to stay hungry all day. In this situation it is necessary to start mid-day meal scheme in primary schools to satisfy the stomach fire of forgetfulness.

The government has announced cash assistance in the form of food grains and cooking cost to provide adequate nutrition and immunity to children even during the closure of schools and lunch centers. 2021) for 35 days (a total of Rs. 103.70 crore across the state) after the last resolution of 28th January and from 22-11-2021 to 31-12-2021 (34 days) in addition to the same amount of assistance is still being given.

According to the government statistics till the middle of the year 2021, 32.12 lakh children in the state are Std. 1 to 5 and 18.33 lakh children in Std. 6 to 8 were reported. It is worth mentioning that Std. 1 to 5 students get 100 grams of grain and Rs. 4.97 assistance as well as std. Since students from 6th to 8th have to be given 150 grams of grain and Rs. So much money and even grain is delivered after many days - with nutrition claims!

On the other hand, the managers of lunch centers are paid a meager salary of Rs. 1600 per month, cooks Rs. 500 to Rs. - Even such a small amount as having to make a separate bill

Far be it from giving three pay cuts! On the contrary, instead of giving more foodgrains after adding breakfast, the government has started splitting the same menu into two parts and handing over Kafodi condition centers to the institutions, the risk hanging over 96,000 workers.

Rajkot: As far as satisfying the demand for pay hike for the employees (managers, cooks, helpers) of the afternoon centers is concerned, on the contrary, the government is gradually handing over the management of a few mid-day meal centers in one district to voluntary organizations. Kishore Joshi, president of the All Gujarat Mid-day Meal Employees' Union, added that since the time has come to provide breakfast in addition to meals to children, not a single rupee has been increased in remuneration and the food distribution has been split in two without increasing it. Have been dropped.

Some time ago, the state government started giving Rs 600 from its own funds but before that the salary was only Rs 1,000. On the other hand, there are many conditions where the manager or any of his family members are not government or home guard personnel, do not own a ration shop, do not run a grocery store.