*Assistant Professor, Department of Education, USOL, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
**Research Scholar, Deptt of Education, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Online published on 4 December, 2014.
The present study was made to evlauated of Mid Day Meal Scheme in Punjab State. According to the consitution of India, the government ensures to make elementary education free and compulsory for all the children. For this purpose Government has introduced many scxhemes like exclusively for girls, sarva shiksha abhiyan, mid day meal scheme to enhance elementary education. Mid Day Meal Scheme is widly known to help allure an increasing number of children towards literacy. In the state of Punjab various scheme like Parrho Punjab, mid day meal schemes etc have been emphasized to bring improvement in elementary education. Cooked mid day meal has become very successful in government schools of Punjab as it is highly useful for lower middle class families. For all round development of body and mind it is necessary that the students get proper nutrition. So a scheme like Mid Day Meal is the need of the hour. As the scholars pointed out in their studies that the scheme has a good impact on child nutrition, school attendance and social equity.
