Tamil Nadu expands breakfast scheme to middle-school students
Chief Minister Vijay launched an expansion of the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme for students in Classes VI to VIII. The programme is expected to cover about 15.3 lakh pupils across 15,454 government and government-aided schools in Tamil Nadu.
Chief Minister Vijay launched an expanded version of Tamil Nadu’s Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme, The Hindu reported. The expansion will cover students studying in Classes VI to VIII. About 15.3 lakh pupils are expected to benefit from the programme.
The scheme will operate across 15,454 government and government-aided schools in the State, according to the report. The available source material did not give details of the meals, the implementation timetable, or the funding allocated for the expansion. It also did not specify whether the programme’s reach beyond the existing beneficiaries would be introduced simultaneously across all the listed schools.
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