School Feeding Programmes
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Institutions and agencies involved
Population group
Children
Programme Details
Programme objectives
The programme aims to make students healthy, active and energetic.
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Education 2011. ‘Progress and Recent Trends’, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Education, <http://www.moe.gov.lk/english/images/publications/Progress_Recent_Trends2011/recent_trends_e.pdf> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Programme components
School feeding is delivered in three modalities: cash-based school meals, where providers are contracted to deliver meals to schools; in-kind school meals supported by the World Food Programme which prepares meals at schools; and a fresh mil programme which provides a glass of milk or yogurt to students. Furthermore, the Ministry of Health provides iron tablets, folic acid, vitamins and deworming medicine as a complement to the programme.
World Bank 2015. ‘Sri Lanka – School Feeding’, World Bank, <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/26538/114316-WP-PUBLIC-SABER-School-Feeding-Sri-Lanka-Country-Report-2015.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Start date
1931
World Bank 2015. ‘Sri Lanka – School Feeding’, World Bank, <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/26538/114316-WP-PUBLIC-SABER-School-Feeding-Sri-Lanka-Country-Report-2015.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Conditionalities (if any)
No formal conditionalities, but the student has to actually attend school to receive the benefit.
Arruda, P.; Markhof, Y.; Franciscon, I.; Silva, W. and Bilo, C. 2020. Overview of non-contributory social protection programmes in South Asia from a child and equity perspective. Research Report No. 46. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth and UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia. < https://ipcig.org/pub/eng/RR46_Overview_of_non_contributory_social_protection_programmes.pdf>. Accessed 22 February 2021.
Coverage
1,105,605 students in 7871 schools benefited from the school meal programme in 2017.
WFP. 2017. School Meals Programme. Rome: World Food Programme. <https://bit.ly/2ytIs7v>. Accessed 22 May 2018.
Programme expenditure
LKR 4,941.0 million (2017)
Ministry of Education.2018. “Annual Performance Report 2017” <http://www.moe.gov.lk/english/images/publications/2018/apr_e.pdf>. Accessed 18 January 2019.
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Categorical Targeting
Arruda, P.; Markhof, Y.; Franciscon, I.; Silva, W. and Bilo, C. 2020. Overview of non-contributory social protection programmes in South Asia from a child and equity perspective. Research Report No. 46. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth and UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia. < https://ipcig.org/pub/eng/RR46_Overview_of_non_contributory_social_protection_programmes.pdf>. Accessed 22 February 2021.
Targeted areas
Nationwide. The school meals supported by the World Food Programme are focused on the Northern province.
WFP 2017. ‘WFP Sri Lanka – Country Brief’, WFP, <https://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ep/wfp273248.pdf> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Target groups
Children
Arruda, P.; Markhof, Y.; Franciscon, I.; Silva, W. and Bilo, C. 2020. Overview of non-contributory social protection programmes in South Asia from a child and equity perspective. Research Report No. 46. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth and UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia. < https://ipcig.org/pub/eng/RR46_Overview_of_non_contributory_social_protection_programmes.pdf>. Accessed 22 February 2021.
Eligibility criteria
Children in primary schools (for the cash-based school meals and the fresh milk programmes) and children in grades 1-9 in Northern Province schools are eligible for the programmes.
[1] Lister, S. et al. 2017. ‘Country Portfolio Evaluation’, Mokoro, <http://mokoro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Sri_Lanka_CPE_ER_Unique.pdf> (accessed 22 May 2018).
[2] WFP. 2017. School Meals Programme. Rome: World Food Programme. <https://bit.ly/2ytIs7v>. Accessed 22 May 2018.
Coverage and other information
Contribution type and amount
No contributions.
Arruda, P.; Markhof, Y.; Franciscon, I.; Silva, W. and Bilo, C. 2020. Overview of non-contributory social protection programmes in South Asia from a child and equity perspective. Research Report No. 46. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth and UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia. < https://ipcig.org/pub/eng/RR46_Overview_of_non_contributory_social_protection_programmes.pdf>. Accessed 22 February 2021.
Type of benefits
Food, deworming and vitamin supplementation.
Arruda, P.; Markhof, Y.; Franciscon, I.; Silva, W. and Bilo, C. 2020. Overview of non-contributory social protection programmes in South Asia from a child and equity perspective. Research Report No. 46. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth and UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia. < https://ipcig.org/pub/eng/RR46_Overview_of_non_contributory_social_protection_programmes.pdf>. Accessed 22 February 2021.
Amount of benefits
Daily meals of around 500 kcal are provided, as well as a glass of milk.
World Bank 2015. ‘Sri Lanka – School Feeding’, World Bank, <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/26538/114316-WP-PUBLIC-SABER-School-Feeding-Sri-Lanka-Country-Report-2015.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Payment/delivery frequency
Daily.
Benefit delivery mechanism
Meals are delivered at schools.
Benefit recipients
Students.
Minimum and maximum duration of benefits (if any)
Benefits are distributed throughout the school year.
Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and frequency
A monitoring and evaluation process is carried out every year at different levels of government (national, provincial, zonal) and there is regular data collection and reporting at all levels.
World Bank 2015. ‘Sri Lanka – School Feeding’, World Bank, <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/26538/114316-WP-PUBLIC-SABER-School-Feeding-Sri-Lanka-Country-Report-2015.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Legal Framework
Circular No. 10/2017 (2017) - most recent guideline from Minstry of Education.
Ministry of Education. 2018. “Manual on School Nutrition Programme”. <http://www.moe.gov.lk/english/images/publications/2018/health/sch_manual_e.pdf > Accessed 18 January 2019.
MIS
A management information system (MIS) is in place, however it is not yet automated or web-based. A computer-based school census database collects all basic data related to the programme.
World Bank. 2015. “Sri Lanka: School Feeding”. SABER Country Report. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. <https://bit.ly/2J9gKAU>. Accessed 22 May 2018.
