Midday Meal Agency Project Approval Board Meeting

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Mid-day Meal AgencyProject Approval Board
Meeting 2007-08
Uttar Pradesh PresentationShastri Bhawan, New
Delhi31 May, 2007
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• Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing
  well

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Structure of Presentation

• Demographic Profile
• Status of Primary Education
• Implementation of MDM
• Mid- Day Meal Agency
• Monitoring Evaluation
• Innovations
• Action Plan 2007-08
• Problems Suggestions
• Future Directions

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Demographic Profile

• 16.60 Cr.
• 898 (up from 876)
• 2.23 Cr.
• 2.65 Cr.
• 56.3 (up from 40.7 )
• 31.5 (Nat. Avg. 26.1)
• 72

• Population
• Sex Ratio
• No of Households
• Pop in 6 11 age group
• Literacy Rate
• Pop below poverty line
• Malnutrition

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Status of Primary Education

• No of Schools
• EGS Centres
• AIE Centres
• Children enrolled
• Dropout rate
• Out of School children
• Problems of Retention
• Low Performance

• 98,148
• 5,639
• 3,590
• 1.87 Cr.
• 15 (I-VIII - 24)
• 8 Lacs
• Reduced by MDM

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Implementation -1

• Cooked MDM launched on Sep, 2004
• 1.87 Cr. Children benefiting from MDM
• MDM provided on 235 School days
• Approx 1,00,000 schools covered
• Largest cooked meal scheme in India
• Uniform Menu for the State
• 4 days rice based 2 days wheat
• Approx 34.5 Lac Quin food grains Rs. 586 Cr.
  
• Conversion cost

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Implementation - 2

• Scheme community driven- Govt. provides food
  grains conv. cost , resp. for monitoring
• District Magistrate is the Nodal officer
• Rural areas- scheme implemented by 52,000 Gram
  Sabhas
• Urban areas- in 627 urban local bodies
  implemented by Ward comm. / NGOs
• Funds food grains directly to implementation
  level
• Teachers only involved in monitoring

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Distribution of Grains
FCI
To NGOs where engaged
State Agency
Fair Price Shops
Urban Local Body
Gram Pradhan
School

• System of joint inspection of grain on receipt
  from FCI strengthened in February, 2006
• Grain supplied on basis of 80 attendance leading
  to stocks at Pradhan/school level

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Funds Flow
State Government- Basic Education Department
District Magistrate
Gram Pradhan
Urban Local Body/NGO

• Fund flow is quick with minimum number of steps
• GOUP budgets entire amount which is released and
  reimbursed by GOI. There has never been any
  shortage of funds at school level

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Organizational Structure

• UP has constituted independent society under
  CS to implement MDM
• Huge State with 70 districts about 1,00,000
  primary schools
• Agency needed to co-ordinate with Food Civil
  Supplies, FCI, Panchayat, Urban Dev. other
  Deptts
• Solve problems quickly evolve systems for
  smooth implementation
• Monitor implementation
• Co-ordinate with GOI GOUP

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Organizational Structure - HQ

• Headed by Secretary level officer
• GOUP has posted senior experienced officers to
  the Agency
• Education - 8 Officers
• Finance - 2
• Experts - 3
• MIS - 8
• Agency will be responsible for the implementation
  of the scheme at the State level

Deputation
Contract
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Orgnl Stru Distt Div

• MDM Cell Headed by DM/Comm
• Housed in BSA/AD office
• One Co-ordinator
• One MIS Incharge
• Sufficient Funds Resources
• Responsible for implementation at field level

Contract
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Monitoring Evaluation

• Executive Committee of MDM Agency Quarterly
• Video Conferencing with districts frequently by
  CS
• Regular visits by Chief Minister Task Force
• District level Task Force - 11 officers 5 each
• Block level Task Force 8 officers 5 each
• In a district of 10 Blocks 455 schools per
  month
• Each school visited every two months
• Monthly review at district level by DM

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Monitoring Evaluation

• External assessment by SIEMAT, Giri Inst.,G B
  Pant Inst etc.
• Recently concluded evaluation by Planning
  Commission of India
• Assessment of Impact Programme Parameters to be
  commissioned through reputed agencies
• Requested that IIM Lucknow be included in the
  list of eligible institutions

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Innovative Features Implementation through
Pradhans

• Measure of accountability to the village
  community
• Makes pradhans sensitive to the need for
  augmentation of resources from other development
  programmes
• Conversion cost in separate bank account under
  Gram Nidhi Funds
• Potential for cross check with attendance
  maintained by teachers for reducing leakage
• Opportunity for local level problem solving
• Printed Guidelines to all Pradhans Head Masters

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Innovative Features Food Grains/Menu

• Food grain checked at FP Shop from 1 4 each
  month by Task Force
• Uniform weekly menu for State
• Menu painted 6 x 8 on every school
• Quantity for 100 children transparency
• Quantity of Milk used standardized
• Use of Soyabeans Pulses made compulsory
• For 200 children more nutritious meal

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Innovative Features Dovetailing with Other Schemes

• System of Block/Sub Block Resource Centres given
  responsibility for monitoring, collection of data
  Evaluation
• School gradation-every school rated on 6
  parameters -
• 1- Availability - 40 2- Quality - 15
• 3- Physical Infrastru - 10 4- Hygiene - 15
• 5- Attendance - 10 6-Records-10
• SSA Additional class rooms with store room for
  MDM
• SSA School Dev Fund for Utensils etc.

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Innovative Features Dovetailing with Other Schemes

• Double cylinder, canteen burner, gas cooking
  systems provided to schools under SGRY
• Water supply has been augmented in a few schools
  with linkage with the PMs water supply scheme
• This has resulted in availability of basic
  cooking facilities and augmented the conversion
  cost from 15 to 20 depending on the size of
  schools

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Innovative Features Working with NGOs

• DMs have the option of engaging NGOs for
  providing MDM from centralized kitchens on the
  basis of MOUs in urban areas
• Grain and conversion cost allotted directly to
  NGOs for a number of schools
• Both carry and pour and dabba systems being
  followed
• Successful implementation in Mathura, Kanpur,
  Ghaziabad etc
• 210 NGOs being used

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Innovative Features Monitoring Evaluation

• Advertisements on important dates Menu
• Workshop with all Stake holders at state
  District level
• Finding Solving problems at cutting edge
• Involve media with workshops/dissemination
• Films on success stories

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Innovative Features Monitoring Evaluation

• Comprehensive system of Audit evolved
• Includes Audit of Rural, Urban schools NGOs
• Involves officials from five key departments
• Wide publicity in Media
• Accountability Transparency ensured

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Audit Results/Guilty Persons
Innovative Features Monitoring Evaluation

• Pradhans
• Teachers
• Panchayat Officers
• F P Dealers
• Executive officers
• ABSA
• NGOs

• 449
• 68
• 274
• 44
• 3
• 6
• 11

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Action Plan 2007-08

• No of school days
• Primary schools
• Students
• Junior High Schools
• Students in Junior High School

• 235
• 98,148
• 1.94 Cr.
• 36,000
• 48.40 Lacs

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Action Plan 2007-08Student Coverage (in Lacs)

• Primary Schools
• EGS Centres
• AIE Centres
• Total

• 2006-07 2007-08
• 186.91 191.66
• 1.76 1.73
• 0.49 0.65
• 189.16 194.04

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Action Plan 2007-08Food Grain (in MT)

• Wheat
• Rice
• Total

• 2006-07 2007-08
• 1,15,370 1,52,006
• 2,30,739 3,04,013
• 3,46,109 4,56,019

Based on 100 enrolment/Attendance
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Action Plan 2007-08Conversion Cost Estimates

• 2006-07 2007-08
• 520 Cr. 912 Cr.
• 84 Cr. 228 Cr.
• 436 Cr. 684 Cr.

• Total
• State Share
• Central Share

Conversion Cost _at_ Re. 1.00 upto 14-08-06
Based on 100 enrolment/attendance
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Action Plan 2007-08Kitchen Shed Construction

• Rs 79.00 Cr. allocated to distts. for 13,309
  sheds
• Construction delayed due to Assembly Elections
• Construction of 16,967 sheds (20 of requirement)
  proposed in 2007-08
• Provision of Rs. 102.00 Cr. proposed

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Action Plan 2007-08Utensil etc.

• Funding of Rs. 14.73 Cr. in 2006-07
• 29,466 schools covered
• Additional 40,000 schools covered through MME
  grant _at_ 1000/school
• GOI being requested for coverage of 40,000
  additional schools in 2007-08
• Rs. 20.00 Cr. required for the purpose

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Action Plan 2007-08Coverage of Jr. High Schools

• 36,000 Jr. High Schools under proposed coverage
• 48.00 Lacs students
• GOI being requested for covering all Jr.H.S.
• Or selected districts to be fully covered

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Action Plan 2007-08MME Estimates (Rs. Cr.)

• 2006-07 2007-08
• 5.63 8.58
• 3.94 6.00
• 1.68 2.57
• 11.25 17.15

• School Level
• Management etc.
• External M E
• Total

Released in 2006-07
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Problems Suggestions

• MME to be raised to 6 as per SSA norms for
  strengthening the programme
• 2.75 Lac persons to be trained _at_ Rs. 200/person
  1,00,000 Teachers Cooks, 52,000 Pradhans
  10,000 Sub Block Co-ordinators
• Rs. 5.50 Cr. required for the purpose
• Need for 4 Co-ordinators for each districts
  dedicated for MDM Rs. 4.00 Cr. needed

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Problems Suggestions

• One time grant for Gas Connection recurring
  grant for Gas Cylinder required for approx 75,000
  schools
• Kitchen shed designed to be changed to cater for
  at least 500/250 students
• Problem with FCI - Quality Availability - Rice
• Stock for next three months be stored and checked
  for quality in advance

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Future Directions

• Involvement of mothers groups and Mahila Samakhya
  SHGs
• Linkage with School Health Programme De-worming
  Micro-nutrients
• More involvement of NGOs
• Second Hand Pumps for schools
• Link with ICDS Cooked Meal

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Future Directions

• Social Audit Involve community Social workers
  - Adoption of schools for supervision
• Encourage Donations Sponsorship
• Kitchen shed Cooking Gas for each school by
  31st March, 2007
• Monitor progress of Academic performance

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