KMC extends midday meal program up to grade 10

Kathmandu: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has decided to provide midday meals to students from Grades six to 10 of community schools within the metropolis.

‘Before this, the local government was managing the midday meal for students from Classes six to eight. And, from now onwards it is to be available for students of Classes nine and ten as well.’, said Metropolis Education Department official Sitaram Koirala.

Koirala said, ‘The federal government provides Rs. 15 per day meal per student up to Class 6, and the local government has decided to add Rs 10 to each since last year.’

The local government has already written to community schools within the metropolis to manage midday meals for students from Class eight to ten from the month of Bhadra, 2080 BS (August-September, 2023).

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