The Department of Education (DepEd) said it will increase its School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) to aid 3.1 million learners for the upcoming School Year (SY) 2021-2022.
In spite of the school closure due to pandemic, the Department will continue our School-Based Feeding Program to ensure the improvement in nutritional status and to reduce micronutrient deficiencies for the enhancement of school participation and learning outcomes of our learners,
Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones said.
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On the report of the Bureau of Learner Support Services-School Health Division (BLSS-SHD), SBFP will target to deliver fresh milk and NFP to 3,159,118 learners in 34,375 public schools across the country.
For 2021-2022, we will be targeting the primary and secondary beneficiaries. We are recommending to expand the supply of sterilized milk to identified far-flung areas and our products for Muslim learners should get Halal certification,
School Health Division Chief Dr. Maria Corazon Dumlao said.
The SBFP primary beneficiaries in the nutritional status report will be incoming kindergarten learners and grades one to six under the wasted and severely wasted category.
On the other hand, secondary beneficiaries will include learners in Last Mile Schools with 100 enrollees and below, pupils-at-risk-of dropping-out (PARDOs), indigenous people (IP) learners, those coming from indigent families, and stunted learners identified in the SY 2019-2020 SBFP implementation.
At the same time, the Bureau of Learner Support Services (BLSS) Director Lope Santos III said that the Department will closely coordinate with different concerned agencies to tap the local producers, manufacturers, cooperatives and technology adopters to revitalize agriculture and local industry.
Naghahanap tayo ng local fresh fruits o alternatibo dito para maisama natin sa School-Based Feeding Program. Nag-request na rin tayo sa FNRI if they can help in the processing of calamansi or dalandan or other local fruit juices suitable for our children. Para mas makinabang ‘yong mga Filipino farmers rather than imported fruits ang ating binibili,
he said.
He also added that if the needs for SBFP can be sourced from local producers, food processors and manufacturers, it would be a huge help to revitalize agriculture and industry in the country.
SBFP provides nutritious food products and pasteurized or sterilized milk to undernourished learners. It aims to address hunger, contribute to nutritional status, improve school performance and learning outcomes, and increase the cognitive function and academic performance of the learners.
It complies with the Republic Act No. 11037, otherwise known as the “Masustansyang Pagkain para sa Batang Pilipino Act,” which was signed on June 20, 2018 by President Rodrigo Duterte.
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3.1M learners to benefit on DepEd’s feeding program for SY 2021-2022
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