Mid day meal scheme under food security: A study with special reference to upper primary schools of rural Bhadravthi taluk

Mid-Day meal have big effects on school participation, not just in terms of getting more children enrolled in the registers gut also in terms of regular pupil attendance on a daily basis. Many children reach school on empty stomach. Children who do not have lunch box are not able to concentrate on study. Mid-day meal can help to overcome this problem by preventing classroom hunger. It acts as regular source of supplementary nutrition for children and facilitates their healthy growth. It helps to learn to sit together and share on common meal. It is erode the barriers that prevent girls from going to school.