Mid-day meals to be introduced at primary schools in October, says advisor

The government will introduce a mid-day meal programme in primary schools across 150 Upazilas beginning in October, according to Primary Education Advisor Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder. He made the announcement at a press conference at the Secretariat to mark International Literacy Day on Sunday. Asked about the status of the initiative, Bidhan Ranjan said, “The work on mid-day meals is progressing. It will be launched in 150 Upazilas soon.” Explaining the delay, he said the Development Project Proposal (DPP) was initially prepared using data from a previous Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) report. “Then, following the process, we presented it to ECNEC, and then the new BBS statistics came out,” he said. “The areas that are poorer in a district...