Major findings of Monitoring Institutes on implementation of the MDM programme in
Karnataka
Name of the Monitoring Institution : ISEC, Bangalore
April to October 2014
Sl. No.
Month and date
of Visit
District’s name
No of Schools visited in each
district (Primary/Upper Primary)
LPS
UPS
KGBV
Total
1
Mysore
July
5
34
1
40
2
Hassan
August
5
34
1
40
3
Tumkur
August
2
38
0
40
4
Chikballapur
September
4
34
2
40
16*
140**
4
160
Total
Note : * Includes Urdu Medium Schools
** Includes Private, Aided and Urdu Medium Schools
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Mid Day Meal - Achievements
Actionable Points
All visited schools provide hot Mid Day Meal to
children
Buffer stock of grains
needs to be ensured.
Most enrolled children have opted and benefitted
from MDM (17,574 children out of 18,584)
Three districts have more than 85 percent of students Variety in the menu with
eating Mid Day Meal on the day of visit. While in
nutrient value could be
Mysore it was relatively lower
given priority.
Majority of the schools (132 out of 157) had buffer
stock of grains.
Quality
Most schools preparing MDM are supplied with good quality food grains.
Most of the students interviewed have confirmed the quality of MDM to be
average to good.
Students are given adequate quantity of MDM.
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Impact of Mid Day Meal
Parents opined that children
have become healthy and
attending school regularly.
Actionable
Points
Impact of MDM needs
to be evaluated on a
pilot basis.
There is improvement in
enrolment and retention.
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Presentation
By
1. Nodal officer and Designation: Dr. K S Umamani
2. Monitoring Institution Address: I S E C , Bangalore
3. Mobile /office No: 09448342320
4. Email id: umamani@isec.ac.in/umamani.ks@gmail.com
5. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Note: MI report is sent SPD, MDM of concerned State and also sent to MHRD,
GOI, New Delhi and report is available with Dr Mridula Sircar, Consultant (Plan
Monitoring) TSG-MDM, Vijaya Building, 6th Floor, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi –
110001.
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