UP schools will be open on Sunday, special mid-day meals to be arranged: Govt

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Department of Basic Education today announced that all government schools will be functioning on this Sunday, August 13, to celebrate the closing ceremony of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Yojana'.

Special mid-day meals will be arranged for UP school students for the implementation the 'Meri Mati Mera Desh' and Har Ghar Triranga programmes, the department said.

According to the circular issued by the UP government, all basic and secondary schools are directed to conduct poetry recitation competitions on August 13. The Basic Education Department has issued instructions to organise date-wise programmes to the districts.

“In the event of Sunday being a public holiday on August 13, 2023, on the occasion of the "Meri Mati Mera Desh" programme of independence, special mid-day meals should be arranged among the students present at the school,” the order read.

बच्चों के लिए विशिष्ट होगा यह रविवार…
'आज़ादी का अमृत महोत्सव योजना'' के समापन समारोह के अंतर्गत प्रदेश में आयोजित किए जा रहे 'मेरी माटी मेरा देश' कार्यक्रमों की श्रृंखला में 13 अगस्त 2023, रविवार को विद्यालयों में बच्चों के लिए विशेष मिड-डे मील की व्यवस्था की जाएगी।… pic.twitter.com/NoLFs0Y4ey

— Department Of Basic Education Uttar Pradesh (@basicshiksha_up) August 12, 2023

The minister of women and child development Smriti Zubin Irani told the Lok Sabha on August 11 that the highest number of 2,11,05,303 beneficiaries under the POSHAN Abhiyaan have been registered from Uttar Pradesh. The scheme was introduced to improve nutritional status of children from 0-6 years, adolescent girls.