CM MK Stalin introduced a free breakfast scheme for govt schools

Tamil Nadu: Chief Minister M K Stalin Thursday said giving food in schools with education isn’t almost the cost but a government’s duty. Tamil Nadu government rolled out the statewide mid-day meal scheme on Thursday for government school students from classes 1 to 5. 

He decided to introduce this scheme when they came to know that several children were coming to school without having breakfast. On the occasion of Hindi Diwas on Wednesday, Stalin said that Indian languages, including Tamil, ought to be made official languages of the  government

“Dear students, we will provide you” free breakfast and lunch ” you just focus on your studies Stalin said after the launch in a government primary school in Madurai district. “Don’t drop out of education for any reason. I am there with you in every situation, you just study and make our society proud and intelligent.

The breakfast scheme will be executed at a fetched of ₹33.56crore in more than 1,500 government-run schools over the state from Monday to Friday.