Teachers’ federation urges school education department to withdraw order on meal duties
The Tamil Nadu Government Employees Teachers Welfare Federation is requesting the School Education Department to withdraw an order requiring teachers to monitor both breakfast and mid-day meal programs. The federation argues that these additional duties significantly reduce available teaching time and are impractical for schools with limited staff.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing tension between administrative mandates and the core educational responsibilities of teachers in public school systems.
The Tamil Nadu Government Employees Teachers Welfare Federation has urged the School Education Department to withdraw its announcement of appointing the same monitoring teacher for both the breakfast program and the mid-day meal program.
In a release, the federation noted that the teacher would have to come in earlier to monitor the breakfast scheme and then once again supervise the noon meal which would leave the teachers with little teaching time.
In a circular, the School Education department had directed all primary education officers to notify nodal teachers to monitor the hygiene and preparation of the meals.
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