Attitude of himachali secondary school teachers towards Mid-Day meal scheme

The National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education, popularly called Mid-Day-Meal Scheme was launched on 15th August, 1995. This scheme was implemented initially in 13 CD Blocks, then, it was extended to 33 CD Blocks and finally, in all the 72 CD Blocks of Himachal Pradesh. The state of Himachal Pradesh has decided to extend the above said MDMS programme to Upper primary stage to cover all the students(classes VI to VIII) of all the Govt./Govt. Aided Middle/High/Senior Secondary Schools of the state w.e.f. 1st July, 2008. MDM continues to be a big distraction for teachers in secondary schools. Although in Himachal there has been increase in access rates and a significant increase in classroom infrastructure, but children are not achieving class-appropriate learning levels. The purpose of this study is to examine the attitude of secondary school teachers towards Mid-Day Meal Scheme and to study significance of difference in the attitude of teachers on the basis of gender, locale and nature of job. The population of the study was secondary school teachers teaching in upper primary stage of Government schools in Himachal. The sample of the study consisted of 110 secondary school teachers of government schools in Himachal. The results show that attitude of teachers did not differ significantly on the basis of gender, locale and nature of job.