Mahoba Viral Video: In a now viral video, an old lady can be seen mixing 2 packets of milk in unhygienic water to make a bucket full of milk to serve as mid-day meals at a Mahoba government primary school in Dhikwaha village.
Mahoba Viral Video-Turn Of Events
In the video, the old lady Chhavi Rani mixes two milk packs in a bucket of water before giving them to young school children. The milk was prepared by the lady cook in the principal’s presence. According to villagers, the quality of food is also compromised at the school. It was also communicated by the villagers that the principal is often seen sleeping during the school’s working hours and the school is run arbitrarily, flouting rules.
Reaction Of Education Department
The Education Department of Uttar Pradesh swung into quick action after the matter was escalated. Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Rahul Mishra remarked that a show-cause notice has been served to the headmistress Monica Soni who has been asked to give a reply within 2 days. Mishra said strict action would be taken against her if the investigation finds her guilty.
In the viral video, the principal of the school can be seen casually calling the school’s students to consume the milk. In another clip from the same school, the headmistress could be seen sleeping during school’s working hours that fuelled outrage among locals and parents.
In another development, a primary school in Sichaura village, which falls under the Mahoba district’s Kabrai block was found to serve fewer vegetables than the standard procedure. It also substitutes tea for milk and Jitendra Kumar Dixit, the school’s principal, has been accused of misappropriating the mid-day meal budget.