Implementation of Mid Day Meal in West Garo Hills District

Supervision and Monitoring

Committees such as the Village Education Committees (VECs), the Cluster Resource Centers (CRC) and the Block Monitoring Committee (BMC) are set up with broad popular participation to create an awareness of the programme to generate community support to the programme, to universalize the participation of all children in primary education to improvise the functioning and environment of the schools and to ensure that the scheme functions in terms of the broad objectives it seeks to achieve.  

District Level Steering cum Monitoring Committee (SMC)

At the district level, a committee under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner oversees the programme. This committee creates awareness, facilitate and monitor the implementation of the programme and foster linkages with other related programmes like the ICDS, Primary Education, School Health and SSA.

The District Level Steering Cum Monitoring Committee (SMC) for overseeing the management and monitoring of the scheme in West Garo Hills is constituted with the following members:

The Committee will generally perform the following functions:

• Guiding the implementing Agencies like the SHG, the parents and others.

• Monitoring the programme implementation, assessing its impact on the community and taking corrective effective steps for any lapses.

• Taking action on reports of independent monitoring/evaluation agencies.

• Effecting coordination and convergence among the concerned Department, agencies (eg. FCI) and schemes.

• Mobilizing Community support and promoting public-private partnership for the programme.

The term of the committee will be 3(three) years with effect from the date of notification and it will meet at least once every three months. The Deputy Commissioner conducts a monthly review meeting on the implementation of the scheme where the presence of the S.D.O (C) and the Deputy Inspector of Schools of Dadenggre, Ampati and Tura is mandatory. On this monthly meeting, the achievement and implementation of the various scheme like SSA, MDM are discussed and taken into account.  

For the successful implementation of the MDM scheme, the D.C. has stressed the S.D.O(C), the BDOs, the DI of schools, other government officials, the NGOs and the community at large in both urban and rural areas of the district to personally and keenly monitor the implementation of the scheme in their jurisdiction.

Details to be furnished

For facilitating the operation of the programme, the following details are being furnished to the Department of Education.

1. The name of blocks under the district.

2.  The number of primary schools in these blocks, category wise namely government, local body, or government aided.

3. The number of children enrolled in these schools in class I-IV.

4. The number of days, month wise during the academic year.

5. The quantity of food grain required for the schools.

As the payment for the food grain supplied is to be made to the FCI by the department of Education GOI, the Deputy Commissioner furnishes a monthly statement certifying the quantity of rice lifted from the FCI to the Government.

VIII)         The Deputy Commissioner makes a report on the quantity of food grain lifted each month to the State nodal Officers who will consolidate and send the district lifting figure by the end of the following month to the ministry to facilitate reconsideration of the claim of FCI.

Within three month of lifting for the month, the Deputy Commissioner furnishes a utilization certificate to the State nodal officer who then consolidate it and send to the ministry.

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