School reopening: Midday meals may take longer to resume
The Hindu
Schools say there are logistical problems in starting it on the day classes begin
While primary classes across Karnataka are set to reopen on October 25 after a gap of nearly 20 months, teachers and Education Department officials foresee some hurdles before the functioning is back on track.
Several schools across the State expressed anxiety over the logistics of restarting midday meals. Teachers are in a dilemma whether to ask students from Classes I to V to bring their own food or arrange for the meals in the schools. Presently, students from Classes VI to X who are attending classes for the whole day are bringing their own food, as they are also not being served the midday meal, said a teacher in Dakshina Kannada.
At Mysuru too, while schools are ready to resume, they are seeking time for resuming midday meals or Askshara Dasoha from the same day. With school kitchens still not fully prepared to start cooking food in the absence of necessary inputs, especially groceries and cooking gas.