गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ Junk food prohibited at schools nationwide Nepal Junk food prohibited at schools nationwide KathmanduPati February 16, 2021 File Photo BHAKTAPUR – The government has directed all the community schools across the country not to feed junk food to the students as their mid-day meal. The Centre for Education and Human Resource Development, Sanothimi, on Monday released a manual on school mid-day meal management with a provision to restrict the use of junk food at schools. The Centre has published the manual by including 60 types of food items with priority to the locally available foods as the mid-day meal to the students. As stated, the government has already released Rs 7.72 billion to the schools to support the mid-day meal programme. Under this programme, a total of 2.94 million students across the country have been provided with mid-day meal for free at schools. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Business partnership between tourism entrepreneurs of Pokhara and China Second tranche for reconstruction of earthquake-damaged houses Government decides to give public holiday on Ramnawami Foreign currencies amounting to Rs 250 million confiscated Newly-appointed IGP assumes office One held with more than Rs 200 million from Jhor… Top Headlines Scrutinizing Relevance of Prithivi Narayan Shah´s Thoughts and Strategy1 Relevance of Prithivi Narayan Shah in Contemporary Nepal2 Photo exhibition at Nepal Army Headquarters3 NA team sets out on Gorakha-Kathmandu march to promote ‘unification route’4 Ncell is the FIRST Nepali Telecom Company to receive ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certifications for information security and data privacy5 PM Oli, Sri Lankan’s former President meet6 PM Oli extends New Year greetings7 Gold price ups Rs 2,000 per tola8 TRENDING Once on the Margins, Women Diplomats Are Now Making Their Mark in Nepal’s Foreign Service Sector What Makes Prithivi Narayan Shah a Philosopher and a Truly Democratic King? A phone call that paved the way for RAW Chief’s visit to Nepal What role has the Nepal Army been playing in controlling the coronavirus? National Poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire no more Impact of Social Media on Nepalese Society Army Day : Five facts about Nepal’s ‘blue helmets’ in UN-peacekeeping missions Why Are Boys Unexpressive?
