UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, GKVK, BENGALURU.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND COOPERATION
& BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.
Name: Kruthika Suresh Gujamagadi Date: 01-02-2109
ID No: PALB 8164 Time: 9:30 AM
Class: Sr. M.Sc. (Agri) Venue: Jr. M.Sc. class room
Major Advisor: Dr. B. M. Shashidhara
Colloquium–1
Synopsis
“An Evaluation study of Mid-Day Meal Scheme in Gadag district vis-a-vis Koppal
district of Karnataka”
Introduction
The mid-day meal (MDM) program in India was introduced in 1925 for disadvantaged
children of a school managed by Madras Municipal Corporation.
Subsequently the scheme was introduced in 1995 by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development in collaboration with Department of School Education.
The National programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE) was
revised in September 2004. At present, the NP-NSPE programme is the world’s largest
school feeding program.
The study will be undertaken with the focus on the following objectives:
Sl. Objectives Hypothesis Tools
No.
1 To examine the implementation There is a close coordination Descriptive
process of Mid-Day Meal Scheme. between CEO of Zilla statistics
Panchayat, DDPI and Head
teacher in the implementation
of MDMS
2 To analyse the effectiveness of Mid- MDMS is not much focusing Descriptive
Day Meal Scheme. on providing quality and statistics
nutritious food to school
children
3 To study attitude and perceptions of There is a mismatch between Garrett’s
students, teachers and parents towards students attitudes and ranking
Mid-Day Meal Scheme. perception vis-a-vis the other
stakeholders in the
implementation of MDMS
4 To identify the constraints in the Descriptive
implementation of Mid-Day Meal statistics
Scheme.
Methodology:
Study area: The study will be conducted in Gadag and Koppal districts of Karnataka.
Sampling: Random sampling technique
GADAG KOPPAL TOTAL
CHILDREN 60 60 = 120
TEACHERS 10 10 20
=
PRIMARY AND MIDDLE
SCHOOLS
PARENTS 10 10 = 20
OFFICIALS 05 05 = 10
Sources of data
Primary data: The primary data will be collected from children studying in primary and
middle schools in Gadag (60) and Koppal (60) districts.
The data will also be collected from 20 teachers from 20 schools and also from
parents (20) in Gadag and Koppal districts.
Besides the data will also be collected from officers belonging to CEO of Zilla
Panchayat, Deputy Director of Public Instructions, Executive officer of Zilla Panchayat,
Assistant Director of Public Instructions and Block Educational Officer (10).
Secondary data: The secondary data will be collected from the records maintained by
primary and middle schools and Zilla Panchayat with respect to groceries and other food
items supplied to each school for the period from 2010-2018.
Further the records related to other forms of assistance like funds for constructions
of kitchen, store room, water tank, steel plates and cups and other utensils etc.,
The secondary data with respect to the above will be collected for the period from
2010-2018
Tools for analysis
1. Descriptive statistics
2. Garrett’s ranking.
