Indeed, thanks to the scheme, school-attendance rates have improved, sometimes by as much as 10%, and dropout rates have declined. And obliging children of different castes to eat the same meal at the same time in the same place has broken down social barriers in a highly stratified society.
事实上，归功于这一制度，印度入学率获得了改善，有时改善程度高达10%，而辍学率则有所下降。而让不同种姓儿童在同一时间同一地点吃相同的膳食也打破了阶级分明的印度社会的社会壁垒。