Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has called a meeting with state education ministers over issues related to COVID-19, school fees and mid-day meals. The meeting will be held at 2 PM on April 28, 2020, through video conferencing.
“The HRD minister will interact with state education ministers through video call tomorrow to discuss issues like handling of COVID-19, mid-day meal programme and Samagra Shiksha programme,” a senior Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry official said.
On Monday, April 27, HRD Minister interacted with parents by going LIVE on Twitter and talked on various issues, including unavailability of textbooks for new academic year and uncertainty over board examinations, arising due to the lockdown.
“Concerns raised by parents, issues related to monitoring of mid-day meal schemes and how to ensure they reach the intended beneficiaries, and addressing genuine concerns of parents and schools are expected to be discussed threadbare,” said another official.
The HRD minister will be holding another interaction with students soon.
In the last week of March, the HRD Ministry asked states and union territories to make sure the continued supply of mid-day meals to students despite the closure of schools in the country to contain the spread of coronavirus.
The advice offered included delivering packed meals or an equal amount of food grains to students at home or depositing money in the accounts of their parents.
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