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School Feeding Programme
Programme
Country
Geographic area
Previous programme name (if any)
School Feeding Programme
Lesotho
Sub-Saharan Africa
Start date 2005
Programme objectives
Programme type
Programme components
Conditionalities (if any)
To combat malnutrition among children, increase school
enrolment rates, stabilise attendance and reduce drop-out rates. 1,2
Conditional in-kind transfer
Meals are served at school; therefore, school
attendance is the implicit conditionality of the programme.
Targeting methods Categorical targeting 3
Target areas
Nationwide (many schools are in the remote and
economically disadvantaged mountain regions of the country) 4
Target groups Students in pre-primary and primary schools across the country. 4
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible, children should be enrolled at school.
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Type of benefits Food 3
Amount of benefits
School children are provided with one mid-morning snack of maize
meal and a one midday meal of maize meal, pulses and vegetable oil. 4
Payment/delivery frequency Daily 3
Benefit delivery mechanism Meals are delivered at schools.
Benefit recipients Pre-primary and primary-school students. 3
Minimum and maximum
180 days per year 3
duration of benefits (if any)
Coverage 389,000 students 3
Programme expenditure
1.05 per cent of GDP
Institutions and agencies involved Ministry of Education and Training; World Food Programme (WFP) 3
Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms and frequency
See the references on page 176: School Feeding Programme
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