Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin launched the extension of the breakfast program for primary school children to state-aided private schools on Monday. The inauguration took place at St Anne’s school in Tiruvallur district, where Stalin joined the children, served them food, and ate with them.

The expansion coincides with the birth anniversary of late Chief Minister K Kamaraj, celebrated as ‘Kalvi Valarchi Naal’ (Education Development Day) by the state government. This initiative will benefit 2,23,536 children in 3,995 government-aided primary schools across Tamil Nadu.

Initially launched on September 15, 2022, the breakfast scheme covered 1.14 lakh students in Classes 1 to 5 across 1,545 government primary schools. Following its statewide expansion on August 25, 2023, the scheme now includes approximately 18.50 lakh students in all 30,992 state-run primary schools.

With the inclusion of aided schools, a total of about 21.87 lakh students will benefit from the scheme, which is now operational in both government and state-aided primary schools.

Source: PTI

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