webfact Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Cabinet gives green light to increased spending on kindergarten and primary school lunches Picture: Sanook Government spokesman Anucha Buraphachaisri announced that the cabinet has agreed to spend 5% more on school lunches. This will raise expenditure from 20 baht per person to 21 baht. It affects 5,894,420 children in 49,861 schools nationwide from the first year of kindergarten to P6 (the last year of primary education). It is costing the government more than 25 billion baht with 23.5 billion to the state sector and 1.8 billion in the private sector. Sanook reported that students would be cheering the news. Skeptics might also point to the fact that in the past unscrupulous school directors have also seen creaming off the top of food budgets as an easy way to get state funds, notes Thaivisa. Hopefully on this occasion the increase in budget will see its way into the hungry mouths of the children rather than the pockets of bent school officials. The improved lunches are expected in the second term of 2021 academic year. Source: Sanook -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2021-02-10 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 1 whole extra baht, that will get them more rice but less protein. How much of that 1 baht will find the pockets of the lunch administration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith101 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, webfact said: This will raise expenditure from 20 baht per person to 21 baht. Wow a whole extra 1 baht that will make so much difference to their lives wont it , REALLY 1 BAHT . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nsp64 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Actually, in a school of 2,000 kids it will make a difference. Some of the government schools do a pretty good lunch on the whole. Its only when the thieving principle rips off the budget it goes down the pan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr mr Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 i remember a school lunch story a while back. ya that one didn't end well either. i'll wait for the follow up to this one in the coming months. as heartbreaking as it is to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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