Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Poonam Rani ¹, Yogesh Chander ¹, Suman Dalal ¹, Ritu ¹, Sat Pal ², Harish Kumar ³, Sushil Kumar , Durga Sharma

Affiliations
1 Department of Education, BPS Mahila, University, Sonepat, IN
2 Department of Physiology, Pt. B. D. Sharma, PGIMS, Rohtak, IN
3 Department Psychiatry, Pt. B. D. Sharma, PGIMS, Rohtak, IN

Abstract

Mid-day meal (MDM) is one of the initiatives that is the central and state government. MDM was started in order to protect our primary school children from malnutrition and other disease and thus providing opportunity for their proper growth and resulting in the improvement in their learning level so that a strong foundation of quality education and physical stamma is provided to the children. Study was Cross-sectional and participants were given a self-structured questionnaire. A sample of 40 teachers (20 rural and 20 urban) were selected from 20 government primary schools (10 urban and 10 rural) from five blocks of district Rohtak, Haiyana. Percentage, simple proportion, Results indicated that mid day meal is a factor for attracting the students for admission(57%),there was increase in the daily attendance in the school (65%), and the there was a good response to stop the dropout rate (57%). Mid-Day Meal Scheme has an overall positive effect on education. The admission and attendance have increased in the schools. The school dropout rate has decreased.lt is needed to change the thinking of teacher toward this scheme and remove the lacuna to make the mid-day meals scheme more effective, productive, purposeftil and resultoriented.

Keywords

Mid-Day Meal, Primary School Education and Elementary Education.

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Sat Pal ¹, Harish Kumar ¹, Sushil Kumar ¹, Poonam Rani ¹, Virender Verma ¹, Durga Sharma ¹, Naresh Khatri ¹

Affiliations
1 Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN

Abstract

The present study assess the awareness among differently able person (locomotor disability) about availability and lacuna of various rights and the facilities for them Study was cross-sectional and participants were given a self structured questionnaire. HUDA complex, Rohtak. Percentage, simple proportion. Study participants were 300 differently able persons (150 from urban and 150 from villages) having disability more than forty percent. Many participants suffered by polio (70%) out of which most of them were not given polio drops (90%). Maximum were not satisfied with the disability certificate made by doctors (98). All of them did not wish for their children to be disable (100%), very less number of male (20 %) and female (7%) were m jobs out of which many have used the disability quota(70%). Most of disables did not know Commission for disable persons (90%), Disability Act (70%) and Rehabilitation council of India (96%). Most of parents did not wish to take their children in any function (80%). 50% are 12 passed. Maximum have felt insult due to disability (91%). Most of buildings were not disable friendly (95%). Participants were found lacking of knowledge of rights and facilities available for them and the conditions were worse for those who are living in the villages. There is a need to develop and promote awareness among the differently able person in order to improve their life style and living standard so that they can live a quality of life as of human being.

Keywords

Differently-Able, Rights and Facilities.

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