South Africa: The Unsung Heroes and Heroines of the National School Nutrition Programme Victory

29 July 2020

analysis By Boitumelo Masipa and Kholofelo Mphahlele

What was most striking was the Department of Basic Education's continued insistence that meals for all qualifying 11 million learners were continuing. The National School Nutrition Programme school surveys conducted by SECTION27 and Equal Education on 23 June 2020, however, provided evidence to the contrary.

Challenges with the rollout of the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) during the Covid-19 lockdown have been unsettling. Those at the coalface, educators and principals, bore witness to the suffering of hungry learners both in classrooms, and in their community. The efforts of principals and educators in trying to salvage the situation, with limited resources and with little support, deserve recognition.

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