Govt to resume schools feeding programme

Zim Now Writer

The schools feeding programme, in which institutions are given grain which they process into maize meal and beans to prepare meals for learners, whose aim is to nourish learners and reduce absenteeism due to hunger is due to resume.

Primary and Secondary Education Minister Evelyn Ndlovu said the programme had been put on hold following reports of corruption in procurement processes.

Minister Ndlovu was responding to concerns by delegates attending the week-long Strategic Choices for Education Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa meeting in Victoria Falls, which started last week and ended in the resort town yesterday.

The meeting was hosted by the World Bank and Global Partnership for Education and was attended by education directors and Permanent Secretaries from Eastern and Southern Africa, including education partners.

The delegates visited six schools in and around Victoria Falls and commended the country’s education approach, expressing their concern, however, on the lack of feeding programmes.

The schools feeding initiative is one of the strategies government had initiated to enhance education for all, making sure no pupil misses class due to hunger.

Some learning institutions had attempted to value-add, sourcing different kinds of relish to complement the allocation.