Strengthen monitoring and supervision of Cooked Mid Day Meal (CMDM)

School Education Secretary West Bengal held video conference regarding CMDM in the State wherein following informations have been furnished to follow up :-

• Cooks - One cook at the remuneration of Rs 1000 pm is to be engaged for each school up to Roll strength of 26, two up to 100 and one additional thereafter for additional 100 students. Govt order to this effect was circulated to all blocks/ subdivisions earlier. I am asking the office to repeat it again. Please assess the present status and see that instructions are followed in all schools up to upper primary classes.
• Cost of cooking enhanced w.e.f. April 1st 2010 - Rs 3.10 per student primary schools and Rs 4.03 per student in upper primary school. This rate was Rs 2.88 in Primary and Rs 3.02 in upper primary school between December 2009 to March 2010. Fund should be released to school at the revised rates. Govt order was circulated earlier, will again be repeated from district.
• Unit cost of kitchen shed revised - Cost of construction of kitchen shed of 20 Sq M is Rs two lakhs for 100 roll strength, add additional 4 Sq M per additional 100 students @ Rs 2.35 lakhs. This order was circulated in December 2009, will be repeated again. Funds released earlier @ Rs 60000 per kitchen should be spent at the earlier norms. However, GOI has been moved to allow revised norms for the funds released last year.
• NCLP, Madrasah and minority institutions recognised by Minority Affairs department have been allowed CMDM coverage.
• Proactive disclosure on CMDM as adopted in Burdwan has been appreciated. All schools must complete the wall writing and update it regularly.
• Fund must be released to all schools up to September 2010 in advance, thereafter for quarter ending December 2010 at a time.
• Submission of QPR has not yet improved despite repeated request to SDOs/ blocks. QPR for quarter ending September 2010 must be furnished by 8th October from SDO's end.
• Reports on visits to check CMDM must be shared with the district authority. Identify inspectors of school not made even a single school visit in the quarter, so that we can take up the matter with the concerned authority.