Govt needs $18.5m until December for schools feeding programme

Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora has said the government needs an estimated $18.5 million for the schools funding programme. This amount is enough to fund the program for the remainder of the year. Dokora told legislators:

The calculation of the component of grain requirement to the end of next term in December is about $18.5 million. Communities are expected to complement Government by providing relish for the feeding programme.

When we began schools feeding at the infant level last year, the urban sector was excluded except where there was confirmed hardships. For instance, in the areas in Harare, I can cite the areas in Epworth. Those were identified under the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (Zimvac) as requiring this kind of measure.

So far the program is only available for primary schools, although the government is looking at introducing it in secondary schools next year.

More: Chronicle

 

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