primary education The Directorate has started the program to provide nutritious food to the students of the school every day. They have instructions for bread, biscuits, eggs, bananas and milk to give two of the four ingredients daily.
It is known that 8 upazilas of milk and biscuits of Barisal division under the program are not yet available for at least one day every week. I have no food supply on Monday.
Students and teachers complain that the eggs are distributed raw or too ripe the previous day. The students of the first shift will not get food.
Regarding the food distributed in the school, Rafiza Akhtar, a fourth grade student of Government Model Primary School in Bakerganj town, said, ‘Banana rot, eggs are cooked the previous day; eat not.’
The 17th primary school has started the program of the Government Primary School Feeding Program for three years. The firms were called for tenders in a total of 20 packages for food supply, 8 of which have been tendered, while the other 12 packages have been re-tendered.
According to sources, two separate packages for 20 institutions in Barisal division. Barisal package-1 in Bakerganj, Banaripaja, Gournadi, Hijla, Muladi, Uzirpur and Nalchiti upazilas of Barisal has been done in Barisal package-1. Patukhali, Pirojpur and Bhola have 12 upazilas in re-order.
The Island Trading Company has received one year of work order through tender in Barisal-1 package.The amount of money is 65 crore 61 lakh 35 thousand 921 taka. 8 upazilas total 1 thousand 248 government primary schools will provide nutritious food. The number of students is 1 lakh 39 thousand 151. Instruct the contractor to give food supply as 90% attendance in each institution.
It is reported that Island Trading is an organization in Chittagong, providing food to the educational institutions of the upazila by appointing several agents and sub-agents locally, and each upazila has complained about food.
Samakal spoke to 15 primary schools in Bakerganj, Banaripaja and Hijla and Jhalkathi Kanthali upazilas.All teachers and students have the same complaint.
The primary teachers of Banaripaza upazila in anger gave a written complaint to the upazila executive officer. The general secretary of the upazila teachers association, Nagtuar government primary school headmaster Monirul Islam told Samakal that the quality of bread and bananas supplied is not right. The same is said in all the 126 schools of the upazila. He said that food has to be delivered to 10 pm.
Abdus Salam, head teacher of Morichbunitta Government Primary School in the same upazila, said that his institution had bread and bananas on Tuesday. They will not be supplied on Wednesday. They have two loaves of 60 grams per packet and one loaf of bread and other breads and other breads were distributed on Wednesday.
Main Uddin Khalifa, headmaster of West Sitki Government Primary School in Kanthali Upazila of Jhalkathi, said that until 2 pm on Wednesday, food had not reached his school. The day was scheduled to be held on Tuesday.
Matiur Rahman, headmaster of Birangan Government Primary School in Rangashree Union of Bakerganj Upazila, alleged that he had given an ingredient food in his institution. After the students left, the contractor's people reached the food and got food waste.
Bakerganj Upazila Primary Education Officer Ruhul Amin said that food was supplied from 6 points in 14 unions of the upazila. Once a car accident was stopped for 3 consecutive days, the contractor was not able to provide quality food suitable for children.
Kazi Kamal is the food supply agent in the schools of Banaripara upazila, his brother Kazi Tariqul, in the complaint, Tariqul said, "Their supply list is not given, so they don't give them two. They were trying to solve the mistakes in the beginning due to inexperience. He was trying to solve the mistakes. He denied the allegations of boiling the eggs the day before."
Shahadat Hossain, managing director of the contractor company Island Trading Limited, told Samakal, ‘Work on November 13 After receiving the order, we havetily started distribution on November 17. In each upazila, food was reached through the local people. I also received reports of some irregularities. In this case, the local distributors are responsible and will identify them and give them responsibility if necessary. Apart from this, Shahadat complained that he is also being a victim of local politics, he said, a company that has received tenders for the supply of milk and biscuits, a company that has received tenders for supplying milk and biscuits, they will start distribution in January.
In this regard, the former director of Gopalganj Medical College and Hospital Dr. Md. Monotar Hossain told Samakal that there are six types of balanced food for the full body formation of the child. Eggs and milk contain a balanced diet.
