Chan Chun Sing on ensuring quality and affordable meals in school canteens
The Ministry of Education (MOE) works with schools to monitor canteen food quality, quantity and prices. Canteen stallholders are required to serve meals with a balanced diet. MOE regularly reviews the food pricing guidelines for schools. Students from lower-income families on MOE's Financial Assistance Scheme receive school meal subsidies. Schools are also given additional funds to provide further assistance to students who need more help. Some schools have difficulty finding stallholders to fill vacant stalls and this may become more challenging in the future as more stallholders retire. Education Minister Chan Chun Sing, who highlighted this in reply to MPs’ questions in Parliament on Tuesday (Nov 12), said MOE is discussing with schools which are keen and ready to adopt a different canteen operating model. For example, meals can be pre-ordered and prepared in a central kitchen and delivered to the schools. This model has been piloted at Yusof Ishak Secondary School and found to be effective, said Mr Chan.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) works with schools to monitor canteen food quality, quantity and prices. Canteen stallholders are required to serve meals with a balanced diet. MOE regularly reviews the food pricing guidelines for schools. Students from lower-income families on MOE's Financial Assistance Scheme receive school meal subsidies. Schools are also given additional funds to provide further assistance to students who need more help. Some schools have difficulty finding stallholders to fill vacant stalls and this may become more challenging in the future as more stallholders retire. Education Minister Chan Chun Sing, who highlighted this in reply to MPs’ questions in Parliament on Tuesday (Nov 12), said MOE is discussing with schools which are keen and ready to adopt a different canteen operating model. For example, meals can be pre-ordered and prepared in a central kitchen and delivered to the schools. This model has been piloted at Yusof Ishak Secondary School and found to be effective, said Mr Chan.
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