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Sir, — I would like to comment on the Government strategy of providing free midday meal with egg to school children. On the outskirts of Bhopal, I found that not only children but teachers too visit school once a month when a handful of rice or wheat is doled out. The teacher is no more a key factor in education. Instead, he distributes cereals to the people out there.

The teaching community has adopted a disinterested attitude towards its prime objective: teaching. At the same time, teachers do their best to resist scrutiny. No Government policy or union would be able to accomplish any remarkable success unless we adopt a self-consciously virtuous attitude to the problem.

Ujjwal Mathur

Bhopal

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