A South African government program providing meals to schoolchildren, launched in 1994 as one of the new government's Reconstruction and Development Programme lead projects under the name Primary School Nutrition Programme, and later renamed the National School Nutrition Programme. Conceived to alleviate hunger and improve children's general health, the programme was also intended to raise the quality of education by improving pupils' capacity to learn along with their school attendance and punctuality; it was administered by the Department of Health until 2003, before a 2002 cabinet resolution moved responsibility to the Department of Education in 2004.
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Sponsoring BodyDepartment of Basic Education, with provincial education departments 1 Target PopulationLearners at the poorest 60 percent of public schools, Quintiles 1 to 3 1 Health GoalSupport learning by ensuring students are fed adequately during school hours 1 Geographic ScopeSouth Africa, Quintile 1 to 3 primary, secondary and special public schools nationwide 1 Measured ResultsReached over 9 million learners across nearly 20,000 schools in the 2023/24 school year 1 Program status (class) Classification
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Source South African Government: What is the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP)?
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1. South African Government: What is the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP)?
South African Governmentprogramme description
provides one nutritious meal per day to all learners in Quintile 1-3 primary, secondary, and special public schools.
eligibility criteria
Targets learners in the 60% poorest schools (Quintiles 1-3).
2023/24 reach figures
over 9 million learners across nearly 20,000 schools
programme purpose statement
Its primary goal is to support learning by ensuring students are fed adequately during school hours.
oversight responsibilities
develop frameworks, monitor compliance, and track performance.
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The National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) is a government initiative that provides one nutritious meal per day to all learners in Quintile 1-3 primary, secondary, and special public schools.
Program classification, entity description sentence
A South African government program providing meals to schoolchildren, launched in 1994 as one of the new government's Reconstruction and Development Programme lead projects under the name Primary School Nutrition Programme, and later renamed the National School Nutrition Programme.
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