Bihar schools to begin mid-day meals from February 28 following COVID-19 protocols

Bihar department of education also released an official notification directing schools to ensure to conduct mid-day meals in schools along with offline classes following all the COVID-19 protocols in place from February 28.

Bihar School Reopening: As students are back in schools and the state has commenced offline classes, the government of Bihar has decided to start mid-day meals in schools from February 28, principal education secretary Sanjay Kumar said on social media.

A tweet posted via his official Twitter handle informed, “schools have been reopened and Bihar Education dept is doing its best to compensate for learning losses by introducing 3 months catch up courses. #covidpandemic has also adversely impacted nutrition. Bihar is starting a mid-day meal from February 28. #covidprotocol,” Kumar tweeted.

Bihar department of education also released an official notification directing schools to ensure to conduct mid-day meals in schools along with offline classes following all the COVID-19 protocols in place from February 28. Schools not following directions will face consequences if found not following the instructions and strict actions will be taken against the schools, the education department of Bihar said.

Amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus across the country, the state had closed mid-day meals facility in 2020 and the government has been providing dry ration to students’ parents and transferring money for food to bank accounts of students, the education department said.

With the improvement in the pandemic situation and COVID-19 cases going down in the state, schools have reopened and thus mid-day meals can be started. Instructions for sanitisation of schools have also been issued, it said.

The Bihar government allowed the reopening of schools in the state from February 7. Announcing the decision regarding the commencement of offline classes, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said, “In view of the improvement in the situation of corona infection, all schools up to Class 8 will open with 50% capacity and all schools for Classes 9 and above and colleges and coaching institutes will be able to open with 100% attendance.”

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