Meal drive hits empty dishes
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24/07/2008
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Telegraph (Ranchi)
ARTI SAHULIYAR
Ranchi, July 24: Even after the mid-day meal scheme was launched five years ago in the state, 2 lakh students are not provided with food at government-run primary schools everyday.
Moreover, the dropout rate among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students is still higher compared to that of students from general category, reveals a study conducted by the state human resource development department during the last session.
Not every child of 30,000 primary schools is able to get the desired nutritional value