11 Jun 2019, 9:00 AM
Hassan Mohamed
The roll-out of the government’s countrywide school breakfast programme was met with ridicule by some parents when it was discovered that a number of pupils had been forced to eat off the floor.
In response to photos circulating on social media of pupils sitting on the floor to eat breakfast off paper and angry comments by parents, the education ministry issued a statement saying two classrooms had been found to have violated the rules of the breakfast programme.
The ministry condemned the negligent staff “in the harshest terms” and said action had been taken against those responsible. It reassured concerned parents that it would monitor schools to ensure they fully complied with health and safety standards.
The first phase of the programme was launched in 25 schools at the beginning of the 2019 academic year on January 13. The remaining 188 schools in the country started the breakfast programme on Tuesday.
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