The installed Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand recently re-launched the National Breakfast program, which she says will focus on providing a breakfast meal to Grade Six students in the coastal Regions: Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten.
The Ministry in a statement said the program was launched at the McKenzie Primary School as part of the Ministry’s activities to observe Education Month 2022.
A brainchild of former President David Granger, the Five ‘B’s Initiative was launched soon after the APNU+AFC Government took office in 2015. The program which involved providing school children with Breakfast, Books, Bicycles, Boats, and Buses saw the government collaborate with several private sector organizations to provide school children with a healthy breakfast every morning.
Under the APNU+AFC Government’s school feeding program all students, in all Regions benefited from a nutritious and balanced breakfast each school day.
The program served as a cost of living relief to help eradicate the national disgrace of malnutrition and stunted growth among our children and was part of our efforts to overcome poverty and inequality.
The initiative also aimed to provide employment and business opportunities for local farmers, cooks and caterers, while sourcing of a nutritious and balanced breakfast and lunch on each school day for students.
Since its installation government on August 2, 2020, the PPPC has been relentless in its push to destroy the 5B’s Program and the achievements of the APNU+AFC in the Education Sector at the expense of Guyana’s children.
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