Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, Mr. Sanjay Kumar held a meeting with Indonesian delegation on the details of PM Poshan Scheme. The Indonesian delegation was led. by H.E. Mochammad Firman Hidayat, Deputy Coordinating Minister for Maritime Resources. Additional Secretary, Mr. Vipin Kumar, and other senior officials of the Ministry of Education and Ministry of External Affairs were also present at the meeting. During the meeting, Mr. Kumar informed that the scheme provides hot cooked meals to students from Pre-Primary to Class VIII in Government and Government-aided schools.
The delegation sought guidance on implementing a comparable program in their own country. Additional Secretary, Mr. Anandrao V. Patil, shared a presentation highlighting key details about the programme that included the objectives of the scheme, the scale of the programme, provisions made under the scheme, components of the scheme, etc. He also shared information on capacity-building initiatives, community participation, monitoring and evaluation procedures followed, best practices, etc.
