Is the schemes like mid- day meal will help to increase the enrolment ratio and reduce the dropout ratio of children in school?

Literacy in India is key for socio-economic progress,and many steps has been taken by our government to increase the literacy rate and because of these efforts ,the Indian literacy rate grew to 68% in 2007 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947.

 But it is very low compare to other Western countries. Poverty, child labor, unemployment are the major problems in this area. Because of  poor economic condition of the people, children need to work and can't be spared for school.

The high drop-out rate has been a matter of major concern, that is why, one of the most popular schemes adopted to attract children to schools is the Mid-day Meal Scheme, launched in 1995 The Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme grew out of the National Programs of Nutritional Support to Primary Education, which sought to increase primary school enrolment and attendance rates by offering meals to improve the nutritional levels of children. By providing a nutritious meal at school, the scheme seeks to improve child health, improve their ability to concentrate, and incentivize parents to send their children to school. MDM supports the goal of universalization of elementary education by providing one cooked meal to children in primary levels, which improves the nutritional status of children thereby encouraging enrolment, attendance and retention. Several other special programs have also been launched with varying degrees of success. Recently government has enacted Right To Education Act under which ,every child in the age group of 6-14 years will be provided 8 years of elementary education in an age appropriate classroom in the vicinity of his/her neighborhood. But all programs need proper implementation otherwise there is no use of any schemes only then we can tackle the problem of illiteracy and achieve the complete literacy level.