Food & Nutrition:
Supplies per child per day
| Primary 1 – 5 classes | Upper Primary 6-8 classes | High Schools 9-10 classes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 100 |
150 |
150 |
| Pulses | 20 |
30 |
30 |
| Vegetables | 50 |
75 |
75 |
| Salt | 02 |
04 |
04 |
| Oil | 05 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
The suggested menu is as follows.
| Days | |
|---|---|
| Monday | Rice sambar |
| Tuesday | Rice Sambar |
| Thursday | Rice Sambar |
| Friday | Bisi Belebath |
| Saturday | Upma with vegetables |
Hot cooked meal provided to 1 to 5th class children gives about 491 calories. Similarly the mid day meal provided to classes 6 to 10 will give 728 calories.
Additional Nutrition.
Apart from hot cooked meals, children are provided supplementary nutrition in the form of tablets, the details are as follows:
| Tablets | |
|---|---|
| Vitamin A tablets (2 lakh IU) | 2 tablets per year per child once in 6 months. |
| Iron and Folic acid tablets (20 mg) | 3 tablets per week per child for 36 weeks in a year. |
| Albendazole (400 mg) de worming tablets | 2 tablets per year, once in 6 months. |