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School Feeding Programme

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School Feeding Program

Program Summary

As part of the National School Health and Nutrition Strategy of the Ministry of Education, 2012), Ethiopia implements a national school feeding program by the government as well as development partners. School feeding programs are targeted social safety nets that provide both educational and health benefits to the most vulnerable children, thereby increasing enrolment rates, reducing absenteeism, and improving food security at the household level. School feeding program in Ethiopia provides nutrition support in the form of meals and nutritious snacks to encourage greater and more regular school attendance along with enhancing learning activities: The learning activities include, the first daily school meals provided to primary school children Grade1-8, and capacity building aimed at supporting increased dietary and health practices. Secondly, to support the capacity of the Government to develop a National School Feeding Program (NSFP). Currently, the program reached about 1.74 million students including the Addis Ababa City administration, and expanded from 37 schools in 2012 to 1101 schools in 2020 and reached more schools in 2022.

Program Objective

  • To increase school attendance, improve performance and reduce the school dropout rate by supplying nutritious food and school supplies to create responsible, productive, and healthy citizen
  • To provide a nutritional daily meal to children attending Primary school up to grade eight.
  • To encourage greater and more regular school attendance along with enhancing the learning capacity of students.
  • To alleviate short-term hunger and reduce late morning absenteeism when children leave classes to find food.
  • To support the capacity of the Government to develop a National School Feeding Program (NSFP).

 

School Feeding - Program coverage by region (2022)

 

Workplace TigrayProgram AfarProgram AmharaProgram BenshangulProgram GambelaProgram SouthWestProgram SNNRPProgram SidamaProgram SomaliProgram OromiaProgram HarariProgram DiredawaProgram AddisAbabaProgram

Total

1,745,319

 Entitlement

The type of entitlements provided within this program includes.

  • Daily school meals (breakfast and lunch in urban areas)
  • One hot meal per day, corresponding to 647 calories per day, and a Take-Home Ration (THR) of two liters of vegetable oil for girl pupils as an incentive to attend school in emergency areas by the WFP initiative.
  • Capacity building aimed at supporting increased dietary and health practices

 

Type of Client and Coverage

  • Public Primary school students-up to grade eight-1,745,319
  • Capacity building of schools and the education sector

 

 Eligibility

Context-specific information or selection criteria are applied

  • Schools in the most food insecure and vulnerable areas- school children with nutritional needs
  • Public Primary school students-up to grade eight in urban areas

Moreover, the beneficiary is excepted to fulfill at least two of the criteria to be eligible.

Click on http://www.socialprotection.gov.et/ for more information

 

Available Documents

School Feeding National Policy and strategy-Ethiopia

SABER School feeding Analysis