Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday extended the free breakfast scheme for all the government school students across Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The chief minister celebrated the expansion by having breakfast with school students in Tirukkuvalai, Nagapattinam and sharing a meal with them, where M K Stalin’s father, former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi, was once a student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is not just a fund allotment but an investment in our children’s future. The Tamil Nadu government has invested in enhancing students’ minds and knowledge. This would definitely manifest in the form of talent and capacity-building which will profit the state, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The state government has allocated Rs 404 crore for a programme launched in September last year. It aims to benefit 17 lakh enrolled children in over 31,000 schools in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The chief minister had instructed elected representatives to launch the extension of the scheme in government primary schools in their constituencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The scheme was expanded after the pilot program that provided free breakfast to 114,000 students in grades 1-5. The program showed an increase in school attendance and improved the nutritional health of students in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In September 2022, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu expressed his views on the scheme saying the scheme which has been rolled out for students of Class I to V in government schools is not a freebie, in fact, it is the foremost duty and responsibility of the State government to ensure its children are fed. Such schemes are the face of a government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While speaking at the launch of the novel Chief Minister\u2019s Breakfast Scheme, Stalin added that when he was interacting with students in a programme at Chennai, he asked a few students why they appeared tired and if they had eaten. The students responded him saying that they usually don\u2019t eat in the morning, which struck a chord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many officials and teachers affirmed the same. That spark led to the birth of the free breakfast scheme. Through this scheme, every student shall enter classrooms with their stomachs full, he stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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