Universal free school meals: the future of school meal programmes?
Overall, evidence suggests that universal free school meals (UFSM) can be a cost-effective policy that benefits all students, while also promoting health and academic equity.
Overall, evidence suggests that universal free school meals (UFSM) can be a cost-effective policy that benefits all students, while also promoting health and academic equity.
Food security is both a necessary condition and a potential outcome of quality education.
This policy brief has been prepared by the Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI) of the School Meals Coalition – a partnership between governments, UN agencies, NGOs, and research institutions aimed at expanding the reach and strengthening the quality of school feeding programmes.
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools in Vanuatu has the opportunity to improve children’s health, increase attendance and performance at school and address gender and social inequalities.
La politique de l’alimentation scolaire se réfère à la vision d’une alimentation scolaire universelle à l’horizon 2030. Elle se justifie par la nécessité d’avoir des enfants en bonne santé nutritionnelle afin qu’ils soient en mesure d’apprendre à l’école.
The Philippines' Department of Education (DepEd) issued the Policy and Guidelines for the Comprehensive Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Schools (WinS) Program for the promotion of correct hygiene and sanitation practices among school children and a clean environment in and around schools t
The government’s plan for action to significantly reduce childhood obesity by supporting healthier choices.
This guideline focuses specifically on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in Primary and Secondary Schools. It sets out the minimum requirements for SWASH that are relevant to various types of schools in different contexts in Tanzania.
The policy's main goal is to institutionalise wellness in all schools in Fiji through an enabling environment and multisectorial partnership to ensure that children achieve their optimal growth and development.
The School Nutrition and Meals Strategy was developed to guide the implementation of Kenya’s School Meals initiatives at all levels, abiding by the broad national goals as stipulated in the country’s Vision 2030 and in alignment with the Kenya Constitution (2010).