[ZESTCaste] `Mid-day meal has reduced school dropout rate'

 

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`Mid-day meal has reduced school dropout rate'
TNN, 11 January 2010, 02:15am IST

LUCKNOW: The Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University celebrated
its 14th Foundation Day on Sunday.
Delivering the foundation day lecture on

`Education -- A Key to Empowerment, the 11th Five Year Plan
Perspective', former member of planning commission, B L Mungekar said
that economic growth doesn't have any meaning until the people living
on the grassroots level are benefited.

Prof Mungekar said that the Central government through its Five Year
Plans has been increasing the budget for universalisation of
education. During the 11th Five Year plan, 19% of the total budget is
allocated for the education, he said. He claimed that the mid-day meal
programme, despite some drawbacks, has served the purpose and reduced
the dropout rate in the primary and middle schools.

He said that former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, inspired by the
ideals of Bhimrao Ambedkar, conceived the university in the name of
Babasaheb. Expressing his satisfaction over the working of university,
Munekar said India happens to have largest educational system in the
world consisting of 25 crore students, which is just one crore less
than the total population of US that is 24 crore.

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