School
Tiffin Programme:
- A
special School Tiffin Programme has been introduced with the support of
World Food Programme (WFP). Under this programme a child is
provided with 75 grams of fortified biscuits as mid-day food. Initially the
programme was introduced in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts and in some
slums of the Dhaka city. This programme had been expanded in another six
districts Jessore, Kustia, Panchagar, Chuadanga, Meherpur and Satkhira. The
first phase of this programme will be completed in December 2005. Expansion
of this programme to other parts of the country under the next country
programme is now being worked out with WFP. The next phase is likely to
continue up to 2010. In addition to this, an NGO is working in Tiffin
programme on experimental basis in four upazilas (Melandah, Madargonj,
Jamalpur, Sarishabari) of Jamalpur district. About 1 million students in
4,755 schools are being benefited through both the programmes.
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