Udupi: Cafeteria for students inaugurated in St. Lawrence PU College Moodubelle Campus
By Eugene Moodubelle
Bellevision Media Network
Udupi/M’belle, 24 Jun, 2014 : The long standing dream of Fr. Paul Sequeira, Principal of St. Lawrence PU College, Moodubelle to provide various facilities within the school-college campus including a cafeteria was fulfilled with the inauguration of the facility on Tuesday, 24 June 2014 at 9.30 am in the campus.
The chief guest of the function, Rajendra Shetty-President of Belle Grama Panchayat inaugurated the cafeteria. Fr. Roshan D’Souza-Assistant Parish Priest of Moodubelle conducted a brief prayer service and blessed the facility.
In his brief address, Rajendra Shetty complimented St. Lawrence PU College Management, especially Fr. Paul Sequiera for providing the cafeteria facility to the students so that they will not be required to go out of the campus for any snacks or refreshments during the recess.
Mrs. Chandrakala BE-In-charge Principal of St. Lawrence PU College welcomed the guests, Edward Larsen D’Souza compeered the programme and Mrs. Hilda Aranha-Senior Teacher of St. Lawrence Kannada Medium High School proposed the vote of thanks.
Dear Victor Boliye, you are absolutely right. But the question is at whose money the experiment takes place. Certainly parishioners money will be wasted if this project did not succeed. Now a days the construction cost is gone up and in my opinion the management must have spent not less than 1 lakh rupees to this project. Now we have to think do the management really need to take these type of risks ????
My son is studying in Belle High School. I don’t think this cafeteria business is any of use to my Child, as per my son they get hardly time to go anywhere during the school hours except the noon lunch break. Secondly they have already noon lunch arrangement in the school. I think it is waste and may be useful to teachers and office staff who used to go to Belle hotels to have refreshments during their break hours.
Is the management collectively taken decision to start the cafeteria at the campus. I dont think parents are encouraged to send their children to school because of cafeteria. Most of the students are from middle class or economically poor families. This will put unwanted burden and tension on parents to fulfill their children requirements. I feel it is a wrong step by the management to start caferia at High school/Junior college where the strength is less than 500. Now the question arises that who will supervise the hygienic conditions and quality of the food which will be served at cafeteria. Instead of wasting money on these uneconomical cafeteria business, parents should have been encouraged to send tiffins and strengthen mid day meal facility which is already existing. They could have utilized the money for development of the infastructure works and for providing extra co-curricular activities which are very essential for the overall growth of the students along with their regular studies. I request management to study the requirements properly and take the opinion of the commitee and well wishers then only take decision to utilise the funds properly.