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Free school meals in Finland - 70 years!

on April 19, 2018

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No free lunch, but Lapland educators roll out gratis breakfast for secondary level students

Educators in Finnish Lapland have launched a free breakfast trial after hearing that more than half of students miss a morning meal. The Lapland municipal education and training federation REDU has estimated that it will be able to cover the cost of free breakfasts for secondary and vocational school students using the lunch budget. Last winter, officials at the Lapland educational authority got a wake-up call when a school health survey revealed that more than half of students in the region do not eat breakfast before they head off to school. “The results showed that 55 of our students don’t eat breakfast. We thought that we needed to do something so we decided on this pilot in April where we provide free breakfasts for our students,” said REDU rector Taisto Arkko.

School milk in Finland

School meal service in Finland is one of a kind in the world, since free school lunches are served at comprehensive schools as well as at upper levels every school day. The first catering kitchens in schools were established in the early 1900`s. In 1943 a law was passed requiring the municipalities to arrange a free lunch for all pupils at elementary schools and since late 70`s the school meals have been free to all pupils from primary to high school levels, aged 7-19. Ulla-Marja Urho, MSc Dairy Nutrition Council, Finland Read more: www.fao.org

Sastamala covers many municipalities with the deliciousness of a school meal - Criticism about the canteens' delight

Photo: Hanna Pihlajamäki - Tyrvään Sanomat tested the Sastamala school meals for a week in November. At Kiikka school, potato beans and boiled potatoes and salad were served at that time. 14.1. Aamulehti, Tampere Serv's customer satisfaction survey shows that school lunches in Sastamala, especially for high school students and high school students. School food tastes better for Sastamala schoolchildren. This is apparent from the customer satisfaction survey conducted by Sastamala Food and Pure Services Ltd, Servi, in the autumn of 2017. According to it, schoolchildren are more satisfied with school food than in the previous year, although overall satisfaction with Servi's services has decreased somewhat. Especially for high school students and schoolchildren, school lunch is even better. The share of satisfied with high-quality catering services grew by 10 per cent from the previous year and by seven per cent in the upper secondary schools. Overall, the n...

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