1st Aug 08 - 31st Jan 09

18861 REGULARITY IN DELIVERING COOKING COST TO SCHOOL LEVEL:(x) Is school receiving cooking cost in advance regularly? If there is delay indelivering cooking costm what is the extent of delay and reasons for it?Only 2 reported no.(xi) In case of delay, how schools manage to ensure that there is no disruptionin the feeding programme?only 1 reported ‘no idea’(xii) Is cooking cost paid by Cash or through banking channel?75 mentioned by banking channel. No body mentioned cash.School level registers, MDMRegisters, Head Teacher, Schoollevel MDM functionaries.62 SOCIAL EQUITY:Did you observe any gender or caste or community discrimination in cooking orserving or seating arrangements?Discrimination reported from 5 schools.ObservationsSchool NameBlockDate ofvisitM.S.Magrudha Bamori 1/17/2009P.S.Magrudha Bamori 1/17/2009M.S.Dwarana Raghogargh 1/21/2009M.S.Govindpur Raghogargh 1/22/2009P.S.Amlabada Aron 1/24/2008Did you observe any gender or caste orcommunity discrimination in cookingor serving or seating arrangement? ifyes mention the nature ofdiscrimination?Yes, Touchability of General student and STcasteYes, Touchability of General student and STcasteYes, Children will Discrimination of mixingwith general casteyes, Touchability of higher caste and lowercaste feltYes, Cook has been SC caste so the Generaland OBC caste did not eat the MDM63 VARIETY OF MENU:Has the school displayed its weekly menu, and is it able to adhere to themenu displayed?Only 1 reported no display of weekly menu.64 (vii) Is there variety in the food served or is the same food served daily?70 reported variety, 8 ‘not variety’Observations and discussionwith children teachers, parents,VEC members, Gram Panchayatmembers and cooks.Observations and discussionwith children teachers, parents,VEC members, Gram Panchayatmembers and cooks.188