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An organisation of head teachers of government-aided schools in Bengal has appealed to the state project director of cooked midday meal scheme to suspend the distribution of dry midday meal items from schools to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
With classes on hold, school authorities give raw midday meal items to parents of students under the state government’s order. Teachers are supposed to go to schools for at least six days a month and make packets of rice, lentils, potatoes and soya beans, as well as soaps to hand over parents.
Members of the Advanced Society for Headmasters and Headmistresses alleged that distributing dry midday meals from schools made teachers vulnerable to coronavirus that has claimed the lives of many teachers. As an alternative, head teachers requested the project director to transfer allotted cash to parents’ bank accounts.