school feeding
-
Free school meals: The world’s biggest social programme
Free school meals are one of the most effective education policies in the world, improving attendance, reducing dropouts, and increasing graduation and access to higher education across countries. Evidence shows they deliver large long-term benefits for children and society, with returns that far outweigh the cost of providing them.
-
The power of a meal: School feeding has wide-ranging long-term effects on education
The impacts of a school feeding programme in Colombia go beyond school attendance and hunger relief, fostering learning, high school graduation and tertiary enrolment.
-
School feeding programmes improved attendance in northern Burkina Faso
A school feeding programme in northern Burkina Faso increased school attendance and girls’ enrolment.
-
Midday meals in India improve children’s learning outcomes
Prolonged exposure to ‘midday meals’ can improve learning outcomes on top of its other objectives