Schools’ breakfast programme launched in Region Five:

The Ministry of Education’s “Edutrition: Breakfast for Success programme” was on Wednesday launched in Region Five at the Belladrum Primary School. The programme is aimed at ensuring every school-aged child has access to quality educational opportunities. According to a Ministry of education press release, the breakfast programme was previously launched in 2016, however, only seven schools benefited. With Thursday’s launch, all twenty-five (25) primary schools on the coastland of Region Five are currently benefitting from the breakfast programme, meaning almost 900 students across grades six (6) classes in the region are getting a daily breakfast meal. “This programme has also created employment for twenty-five (25) caterers who have now become small business owners to provide for their families. In addition, a Monitoring and Evaluation officer from the region was employed to help monitor the breakfast programme so that excellence is always delivered,” the release said, while noting that to date, 12,401 students are benefitting countrywide from the breakfast programme whilst 235 persons are directly employed through the programme. (Ministry of Education photo)