Presentation on the major findings of Monitoring Institute on implementation of
the MDM programme in Delhi .
i.
Name of the Monitoring Institution : Center for
Societies (CSDS)
the Study of Developing
ii. Period of the report : 1st April 2013 to 30th September2013
District’s
name
Delhi
New
Central
Delhi
West
Delhi
Month and date of No of schools visited in
visit to the
each district
schools
Only
Primary with
primary
Upper Primary
schools
Schools
Aided
Primary with
Upper Primary
Schools
September 19,
2013 to October
12, 2013
October 14, 2013
to November
11,2013
07
18
15
20
20
01
November 12,
2013 to December
8, 2013
21
20
01
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Key Items
(Monitored )
Achievements
Critical Points
1.Availability of food
grains
• MDM Suppliers reported food •Regular food grains need to
delivered in advance to all
grains are delivered to them be
suppliers.
some time in advance. MDM
suppliers lifted food grains from
FCI between two/three months
interval.
2.Timely release of
funds:
•Directorate of Education (DOE)
state nodal agency releases
funds to New Delhi Municipal
Council (NDMC) North Delhi
Municipal Corporation and South
Delhi Municipal corporation twice
a financial year i.e. in July and
November. While Delhi Govt.
schools funds release to school
Account.
•MME funds released to
Directorate
of
Education
schools in the month of
February and March. While
New Delhi Municipal Council
(NDMC), North Delhi Municipal
corporation and South Delhi
Municipal
Corporation
not
released MME funds to
schools
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Key Items
(Monitored )
3.
Availability of
Cooking Cost:
4. Availability of
Cook-cumhelpers:
Achievements
Critical Points
• Directorate
of
Education
(DOE) schools cooking cost is
available in school account.
While New Delhi Municipal
Council, North Delhi Municipal
Corporation and South Delhi
Municipal Corporation school
cooking cost is available at
zone level.
• Cooking
costs are paid
to
suppliers between 70-80 days
after supplying of meals in DOE
schools and 50 to 60
of New
Delhi Municipal Council, North
Delhi Municipal Corporation and
South
Delhi
Municipal
Corporation.
• Cook cum helpers are • Cook-cum-helpers engaged by
engaged by Mid Day Meal suppliers is
not meeting the
suppliers in schools and requirements under norms of GOI
in schools as vis.-a-vis enrolled
centralized kitchens..
children.
•MI noticed during its visits that
cook cum helpers received a
remuneration of Rs. 500 to
Rs.1000/-per month
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Key Items
(Monitored )
5.
Regularity in
Serving Meal
Achievements
Critical Points
• Fresh
cooked meal is
given to primary and Upper
primary children on school
day in three districts. The
meals are cooked at
centralized
kitchens
of
MDM Suppliers.
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Key Items
(Monitored )
Achievements
6 Trends
• It was observed by MI
on visit day that 85% of
primary and 71% upper
primary
children
had
availed meal as per MDM
register in New Delhi
district .
• In
Central
districts,83% of
and 78% of upper
children actually
MDM
Critical Points
• During visit and head count of
children observed difference between
actual consumption of meal, in New
Delhi , 6% primary & 17% upper
primary.
• In Central Delhi. Districts,
7%
Delhi primary and 14% upper primary.
primary • In West Delhi. Districts, 8% primary
primary and 16% upper primary.
availed
•In West Delhi districts
85% of primary school
and 81% of upper primary
children had availed meal
as per MDM register
• Nearly 85% schools prepared meal
card on attendance basis rather than
actual consumption .
•It was observed that secondary class
children also desired to have MDM in
Directorate of Education schools.
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Key Items
(Monitored)
7.
QUALITY
&
QUANTIT
Y OF
MEAL:
Achievements
Critical Points
School
children
reported
that
meal was average
quality
and
quantity
insufficient.
•The quality of puris and rice was not
satisfactory; puris were found to be hard;
many a time under cooked or over
cooked puri and rice are served in
MDMs.
•Nearly 65% of primary and upper
primary school children informed puris
and rice quantity was not sufficient.
• About 68% Children do not like halwa
and black channa.
• MDM Menu should be finalized with in
consultation with student teacher and
Parents.
•. In central Delhi and West Delhi
districts,
quantity of cooked meals
received is less than prescribed norms in
nearly 30% higher enrolled children
schools.
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Key Items
(Monitored)
Achievements
Critical Points
8.Variety of meal, •The
menu
prescribes •Children and teachers also
Menu and
3days rice based and 3days informed that green vegetable
MDM Logo
wheat based meals.
was occasionally mixed with
Display.
•In central Delhi, 22 %
Directorate of Education
(DOE) and 25% North
Delhi Municipal Corporation
(NDMC) schools and in
West Delhi , 17% DOE and
38% South Delhi Municipal
Corporation (SDMC) had
displayed MDM weekly
menu on convenient and
noticeable places.
Dal and curry.
•Dal and chhole quality was
found poor.
• MDM logo was not displayed
at any North Delhi Municipal
Corporation,
South
Delhi
Municipal
Corporation
schools and MDM suppliers
kitchen.
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Key Items
(Monitored)
Achievements
• Weekly iron folic scheme
9. School
(WIFS)
and
de-worming
Health
tablets were given to all
Programme
children's in the last six
months.
• All sampled
New Delhi
Municipal Council school
children have School health
card with height and weight
record.
Critical Points
•None of the sampled DOE ,
North
Delhi
Municipal
Corporation , South
Delhi
Municipal Corporation
and
aided schools children had
health card .
• Directorate of Education
(DOE) school children's health
check up was found to be at
slow pace due to inadequate
man power deployed for the
purpose.
• None of aided school
children were extended health
checkup provision.
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Key Items
(Monitored)
10.SOCIAL EQUITY:
Achievements
Critical Points
•MI observed no caste, gender
or community discrimination in
serving ,consuming and seating
arrangements in classrooms or
while eating MDM
in any
sampled schools.
•All sampled schools children
were served meals in orderly
manner .
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Key Items
(Monitored)
Achievements
11. Availability
Potable Drinking
Water: Source,,
•It was observed that
sampled schools and
centralized kitchens
have
water
connection from Delhi
Jal Board and bore
well. MDM suppliers
installed RO plants in
kitchen.
Critical Points
• It
is also noticed that scarcity of
water was found to be a
common problem, particularly in
2nd shift boy's schools in West
Delhi. Even schools having bore
wells
were
found
having
irregular water availability.
•Students bring their own
drinking water from home.
• Aqua guards installed in
schools were inadequate.
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Key Items
(Monitored)
12. SAFETY &
HYGIENE:
Achievements
•It is noticed that in New Delhi.
(58%) schools had good safety
arrangements, and (42%) had fair .
• In Central Delhi, 44% schools
good safety arrangements, and
(56 %) had fair .
• In West
Delhi. 39% schools
good safety arrangements, and
(61 %) had fair .
•All
sampled
schools
had
adequate
number
of
fire
extinguishers and frequent
Demo carried out by concerned
department.
Critical Points
• The
practice of hand wash
was not found in sampled
primary and upper primary
schools.
• This is due to short lunch
breaks, teachers' apathy
and water shortage.
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Key Items
(Monitored)
Achievements
Critical Points
13.
Community
Participation
And
Awareness
School
Management
committee (SMC) has
been constituted in all
sampled
Directorate of
Education (DOE) and
New
Delhi
Municipal
Council (NDMC) Schools.
• None of the North Delhi
Municipal corporation south Delhi
Municipal Corporation and aided
schools have constituted SMC as
per RTE Act.
Parents/community/local
body
members have poor awareness of
their roles , responsibilities and
entitlements for MDM as notified by
the state government/local body.
•
•Training towards supervision and
monitoring of MDM had not been
imparted to the SMC .
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Key Items
(Monitored)
Achievements
Critical Points
14. Management
Information
System(MIS):
•On-line Meal card report
is sent by Directorate of
Education (DOE) schools
to Directorate MDM Cell
•Standardization of Meal card is
necessary
with different
practices in New
Delhi
Municipal Council, North Delhi
Municipal Corporation
and
South
Delhi
Municipal
Corporation schools..
• Manual Meal Card reporting
prevails in New
Delhi
Municipal Council, North Delhi
Municipal Corporation
and
South
Delhi
Municipal
Corporation schools.
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Key Items
(Monitored)
15. Inspections
and
supervisions:
Achievements
Actionable points/
Critical Points
In order to address
schools' MDM issues
New Delhi Municipal
Council(NDMC) south
Delhi
Municipal
corporation(west zone)
hold
quarterly
meetings with MDM incharge at zonal levels
in
New Delhi and
West Delhi Districts
• MI noticed that, Directorate
of Education(DOE) and aided
schools do not hold meetings
with
MDM in-charge at
District/zonal levels in New
Delhi ,Central Delhi and West
Delhi districts.
•No suggestions/remarks were
found in any sampled schools
over MDM. Concerned officials
rarely visited during MDM
hours.
•New Delhi Municipal Council
,DOE and aided schools have
not maintained records of
quantity
of cooked meal
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received .
Key Items
(Monitored)
16. Impact:
Achievements
Critical Points
Overall MI observed • More
nutrient cooked
meal
and teachers reported should be provided to children.
that Mid Day Meal has
helped
to improved
children
retention,
health
and
social
harmony.
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Photo of MDM distribution among children SDMC Girls Primary school Binda pur Extention ,
Uttam Nagar,New Delhi, Dated 27.11.2013
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MDM distribution among children :Govt. Girls Sr. Sec. School, Ram Nagar
Dated :-29.10.2013
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Photo No.2. 1-Rice and RaJma Mixed prior to serve among SDMC boys
Primary school JaiVihar Baprola Extention , Dated:- 26.11.2013
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