National School Nutrition Programme - KwaZulu-Natal Department ...

5.16 NSNP Operational Guidelines: the document that contains
and articulates appropriate steps, processes and procedures
to be followed in the implementation of NSNP
6. TARGETING
6.1 The targeting of schools shall be done by the Department
of Education in consultation
with EMIS and Norms and Standards Directorates at the
province. The selection criteria as set out by the
National Department of Basic Education provide that
learners in public schools should benefit from the
programme:
� Learners in Grade R – 12
� Only Grade R learners attached to public schools shall
be targeted
� Learners in Quintile 1, 2, and 3 primary, combined and
secondary schools
� Learners in targeted LSEN schools (participation of new
LSEN schools shall be subject to an assessment done by
the districts and/or province in the year of
application)
6.2 Participating schools that will have their quintile
ranking elevated higher than three shall
be automatically excluded from the programme in the year
of application even if they were feeding in the previous
year.
7. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
7.1 School Principal
7.1.1 The principal as the head of the school shall be
expected to perform all duties in terms
of the South African Schools Act, Sect 16 (3); the
employment of Educators Act 76 of 1998, Sect 7 (1) (a)
read in conjunction with PAM (Personnel Administrative
Measures) Section 4.2 (e) (i) which refers to one core
responsibility of the principal being that of “ensuring
that various kinds of school accounts and records are
properly kept and to make the best use of funds for the
benefit of the learners in consultation with
appropriate structures”.
KZN-DOE NSNP Policy 2011 -8-
13/9/P