CHENNAI: The Directorate of School Education has requested all high and higher secondary schools to take a count of students in classes 9 and 10 who consume afternoon meals under the Nutritious Meal Programme.

The department has urged all schools to upload the details of beneficiaries into the Tamil Nadu School Education Department (TNSED) app, which is the primary application for entering and tracking students, staff, and respective school data.

Meanwhile, a mid-day meal manager in one of the southern districts told DT Next that counting from classes 1-10 began almost 3 months ago by the School Education Department as per the instruction from the Social Welfare and Women Empowerment Department. “From the respective school, parents were given a consent/confirmation letter clarifying if

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