印度普及义务教育过程中的午餐计划及对中国的启示

Mid-day Meal Scheme in Compulsory Education:India's Practice and Revelations

印度普及义务教育过程中的午餐计划开始于1995年,是印度中央政府提供资助的一个全国性计划,旨在向公立学校、民办公助学校及其他类型的学校和教育机构中的一至八年级学生提供免费午餐,在提高儿童的营养水平的同时,提高了入学率和巩固率。该计划的实施和监督都强调中央、邦、县和乡等多方的共同参与,它的执行不仅提高了小学生的入学率和巩固率,提高了学生的学业成绩,促进了初等教育的普及,也降低了教师的缺勤率,有助于缩小社会差距。印度午餐计划对中国当前正在推行的营养餐计划具有一定的借鉴意义。

For enhancing enrollment,retention and attendance as well as for improving nutritional levels of school-age children,India in 1995 launched the Mid-day Meal Scheme(MDMS) as part of the agenda of universalizing compulsory education.The MDMS at present covers the children of classes Ⅰ-Ⅷ studying in all public,government-aided,and private schools.Over years,this scheme has been revised many times to be more effective.The authors believe that India's practice in running the MDMS has some positive implications for China's primary education.