27 March Students To Start Feeding Iron Tablet From
27 March Students To Start Feeding Iron Tablet From. In order to ensure adolescent nutrition activities, it has been decided to feed one iron-folic tablet per week to all the students of lower secondary and secondary schools in the country. From March 27 (Sunday), all schools have started feeding iron folic tablets to students. Already 8 crore iron tablets have been distributed to various institutions.
An order has been issued from the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education giving this information. The order has been sent to headmasters of all schools, districts, and Upazila secondary education officers. Millions of teachers and officers have been trained in nutrition through apps with the help of UNICEF to implement adolescent nutrition programs across the country. On October 8, 2020, Education Minister Dr. Deepu Mani inaugurated the guidelines for the training of adolescent nutrition activities and the implementation of adolescent nutrition programs.
About eight crore iron-folic acid tablets have already been distributed to all secondary and higher secondary schools in the country for the smooth implementation of this program. As the department of secondary and higher education has completed its overall preparations for the implementation of adolescent nutrition programs, it has been directed to start a program of feeding one iron-folic acid tablet per week to girl students of all lower secondary and secondary schools across the country from March 27.
