The relationship between nourishment and education is something that we are all aware of. Even after seventy-five years of independence, some families cannot provide their members with two square meals per day. With continuous deprivation of food, individuals fail to reach their optimum level of growth. With the unavailability of nutritious food, many develop signs of inadequate growth. Along with that different health issues also crop up.
There are various researches which prove that a large part of malnourishment is seen to begin in the childhood years. The unavailability of quality food in the right amount results in large-scale child morbidity. Undernourishment makes children perform poorly in academics as well. Many times, it has been noticed that children ngo drop out due to a lack of encouragement from their surroundings. Hunger issues have long affected the case of literacy and further education in the country.
Economic poverty and lack of knowledge have led families to look over the matter of malnourishment and subsequent failing growth of the children. The unavailability of food resources has made children skip meals or at times neglect their hunger. The inadequate intake of food has hampered the learning capability of the children. The pupils have shown troubles in grasping basic education like mathematics, difficulty in learning and remembering the usage of proper language, and such.
In order to tackle the situation, the mid-day meal program was initiated by the government of India in the year 1995. In the year 2001, the government made the implementation of mid-day meals mandatory.
The effect of mid-day meals
The government of India took a great initiative to keep a check on the correlation between education and hunger. The mid-day meal scheme was formulated and brought into action by the government to fight the above-mentioned cause. Food NGOs serving mid-day meals generally cater to government-run and government-aided schools. There are innumerable NGOs that supply schools with mid-day meals. This has been viewed as a great incentive by the parents. They automatically feel encouraged to send their children to schools, thereby helping in enhancing the literacy rate by big numbers. It has been proved that with the right nourishment, the child could even complete their school education and enroll in further studies.
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