1. Items to be covered The scheme as in operation in Bihar Third party reports The recent initiatives The AWP&B for 2015-16 Issues/Suggestions.

ANNUAL WORK PLAN & BUDGET – 2015-16PAB MEETING 27.3.2015

Directorate of MDMEDUCATION DEPARTMENT

GOVT. OF BIHAR 1

Items to be covered

The scheme as in operation in BiharThird party reportsThe recent initiativesThe AWP&B for 2015-16Issues/Suggestions

The scheme as in operation in Bihar

GOAL 100% coverage of school attending

childrenEnsuring quantity, quality, hygiene

and timeliness in food servedTimely payments – salary,

honorarium, vendor payments, etc.Timely and accurate reporting

MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE-MDM BIHAR

State Level

Directorate of MDM/Bihar Raya Madhyan Bhojan Yojana Samiti

(BRMBYS)

Department of Education/ Departmental Ministers/ Principal Secretary-cum-Chairman BRMBYS

State level steering cum Monitoring

committee –Headed by Chief Secretary

Director/Dy.D/OSD/Asst. Dir /Finance Manager /IT Manager/Monitoring

officer /Account officer/Data officer/ APC/Nutrition Expert/ Accountant/Asst/

Steno/Computer Operator

District Level

District MDM OFFICERDC/DRP/Accountant / Executive Assistant

District level steering cum Monitoring

committee –Headed by DM

BLOCK RESOURCE PERSONBlock level Steering cum

Monitoring committee Headed by BDO

Block Level

School LevelVidyalaya Shiksha Samiti (VSS) -

Headmaster/Senior TeacherVidyalaya Shiksha

Samiti (VSS)

Coverage Against Enrolment & PAB in 2014-15

Quarter Enrolment

(2014-15)PAB (14-15)

Average per day

Beneficiaries in (2014-15)

Coverage against

Enrolment

Coverage against

PAB

First 20001746 13447978 12324729 62% 92%

Second 20376566 13447978 13586206 67% 101%

Third 20376566 13447978 13367757 66% 99%

MonitoringSurprise school visit by Principal Secretary , Secretary

Primary Education and Director MDMDirectorate level officers visit of districts started since

Dec-13 – one third districts covered every month.Surprise and regular inspections by MDM I/C and

BRPInspections by other officers of education

department – DEO, DPO, PO and BEEOInspections by other officers of the district Inspection reports are available on MIS.Upto Third Quarter 2014-15 all 38 districts and 523

blocks level SMC have been organized at districts and block level

Continued …….State Level SSMC meetings were held on

27.11.2014 And 04.03.2015 under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary.

District Level steering – cum – Monitoring Committee meetings are held on quarterly basis. Emphasis on Regular meeting is being pursued.

Block Level steering – cum – Monitoring Committee meetings are held on quarterly basis.

Third party reports

A.N. Sinha Institute, Patna 2nd half yearly report for 2014-15

Study covered five districts namely, Banka, Bhagalpur, Kaimur, Kishanganj & Purnia with a sample of 200 schools.

87.5% of sample schools visited were having buffer stock of food grains for one month & timely releases of fund.

88% of sample schools visited were getting cooking cost in advance regularly.

100% cook-cum-helpers of sample schools visited were paid honorarium of rupees 1000/- per month out of which 48.5% were paid through banking channel.

88% of sample schools visited were serving hot cooked meal on regular basis.

Continued …….

48% of sample schools visited were reported serving average quality meal.

There was no caste/gender/community based discrimination seen during the serving of the MDM to students in all samples schools

In 67% of sample schools visited health cards were maintained.

In 83.5% of sample schools visited one time yearly health check-ups were conducted.

In 95.5% of sample schools, children were given deworming medicine and in 83.5% of sample schools, children were given micronutrients

Continued …….

In 87% of sample schools visited kitchen-cum-stores were found constructed and in use.

In 99.5% of sample schools visited cooking utensils were available.

In 94.5% of sample schools visited was found insufficient number of eating plates.

In 88% of sample schools visited the general impression of environment safety and hygiene was found maintained and children were encouraged washing hand before and after eating.

Parents/SMC participation was found only in 66.5% of sample schools.

Impact was summarised as “MDM has improved the enrolment attendance retention of children in sampled schools” and it has helped in improvement of the social harmony to some extent.

Report of Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow

Evaluation was conducted with a sample of schools selected from five districts namely Saran, Vaishali, Lakhisarai, Begusarai & Sheikhpura.

Findings have been nearly similar to the findings of A.N. Sinha Institute, Patna.

The recent initiatives

INITIATIVE TAKEN IN 2014-15 Jingle prepared for media propagation and

also given news paper advertisement for involvement of Vidyalaya Shikha Samiti.

Information collected through IVRS regarding meeting of Vidyalaya Shikha Samiti.

Conducting Social Audit in two districts on pilot basis (Lakhisarai & Saran)- In Progress

One day training programme of 228000 cook cum helpers was organized during 15th January 2015 to 15 march 2015 for preparation of hygienic food and cleaning of kitchen shed.

Continued …….

All Block Resource persons provided with Tablet PC and CUG Mobile connection.

Tracking of CUG mobile connection of block resource persons to know their mobility towards ensuring effective monitoring.

Implementation of Tablet PC based inspection system – geo-tagging and time-stamping of inspection photos

Availability of bank account details of cook-cum-helpers in the MIS.

Uploading of photo database of kitchen sheds, cooks and other infrastructure.

Launching of new website madhyanbhojanvihar.in

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Information at WebsiteWebsites of 66105 schools (www.madhyanbhojanvihar.in)

which present information like :-About the school including bank account number,Name & Mobile no. of Headmaster,Name & Mobile no. of the Secretary of the VSS,Name of Cooks,Name & Mobile no. of the concerned Block Resource Person,Contact no. of Primary Health Centre,Information about the mid-day meal scheme, Menu,Last three months grain & fund status,IVRS based day wise information about enrollment,

attendance & beneficiaries, weekly availability of grain & fund, information about VSS meeting;

Photographs of kitchen & other related items

AWARD TO VIDYALAYA SHIKHA SAMITIAward to one VSS from each district has been implemented

for better implementation of MDM. VSS of 34 districts were awarded during Bihar Diwas 2015 by the Education Minister.

Criteria for award are:- Regular meeting of VSS Decision taken on better quality of MDM in VSS meeting Physical presence against Enrollment in school Proper maintenance of register and accounts of MDM Cleanliness and quality Absence of any untoward incidence during serving of MDM. MDM served days against school opened days . Proper implementation of menu. Cleaning of Kitchen shed and near by area. Availability of kitchen garden and its use.

GRIVANCE REDRESSALA toll free no 1800-345-6208 has been installed at directorate

level . This toll free no is integrated with online MIS .E.mail address and telephone numbers of all district level

officers and state level officers have been posted on dopahar org. for the public view and for sending grievance regarding mid day meal scheme.

Mid-day Meal issues are also dealt with at Weekly Janta Darbar of district magistrate and monthly Janta Darbar of the Honorable chief minister.

Every Friday Director Mid-day Meal meets people having complain against MDM.

Appeal against the decision of the district mid-day meal authorities are heard by Director mid-day meal on first and fourth Tuesday of every month.

Second appeal at the level of Principal Secretary is heard when ever required .

Proposal for 2015-16

ComponentProvision in

2014-15Proposed Provision in

2015-16

Per day Beneficiary (Primary) 9603047 9802783Per day Beneficiary (Upper Primary) 3821687 3825421NCLP (National child labour project) 4100 6750

No of Days 245 245Cost of Food grains Rs.5932 per M.T Rs.5932 Per M.T

Cooking cost (Primary) Rs.3.59 Rs.3.86Cooking cost (Upper primary) Rs.5.38 Rs.5.78

Transportation Assistance (Per M.T) Rs. 750 Rs.750Cook Cum Helper 2,45,316 2,45,316

MME 1.8% 1.8%

Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helper(per cook)

Rs. 1000 Rs. 1000

Kitchen-cum-store1358 New kitchen

shed

0

Kitchen Devices per school

Replacement for 4777

0

1718 New kitchen device (@Rs. 5000)

0

Basis of the Proposed Provisions for 2015-16

Budget Provision in 2014-15 and Proposed Budget Provision for 2015-16

COMPONENTBudget Provision in 2014-15

(Crores)Proposed Budget Provision

in 2015-16 (Crores)

Cost of foodgrains 223.01 225.86

Cooking Cost 1279.48 1468.76

Transportation Assistance 28.19 28.55

MME 27.79 35.43

Honorarium to Cook-cum-Helper

245.30 245.30

Kitchen-cum-store 26.76 0

Kitchen Devices 3.06 0

TOTAL 1833.59 2003.90

ISSUES / SUGGESTIONSIncrease of monthly honorarium

cook-cum-helper from Rs. 1000/- to Rs. 2000/-

Increase in the rate of transportation cost from`750/- per MT to `1092.10 per MT which has not been revised since 2006.

Grant for kitchen device needs to be increased(Presently Rs. 5000 per school).

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