The Minister of Education and Science of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Beishenaliev and the Country Director of the UN World Food Program in Kyrgyzstan Andrea Bagnoli discussed creation of a logistics center in the south of Kyrgyzstan that will purchase food products from farmers and control their quality today at a meeting.
As the press service of the Ministry of Education noted, participants of the meeting discussed joint work to optimize school meals in the country.
«Following the meeting, the parties agreed to speed up the process of creation of a logistics center in the south of the republic. If necessary, it will also prepare meals and ensure their delivery to those schools that are not equipped with kitchens and are unable to cook for their students,» the ministry said.
In addition, an agreement was reached on creation of a training center in Bishkek for the exchange of experience and information, including with other countries, which are implementing a program on providing students with school meals.
The ministry added that as of today, with the support of the UN WFP and theSocial and Industrial Foodservice Institute of Russia, hot meals have been introduced in 700 educational institutions, more than 1,400 schools (about 60 percent) have replaced buns and tea with hot healthy meals for all primary school students, 145,000 students of primary classes get improved school meals. With the support of local authorities, catering units and communications have been repaired in more than 700 schools.
Within the framework of the Food Program, more than 1,000 school chefs have undergone special training in the technology of cooking school dishes, sanitation, hygiene and food safety, more than 3,000 full-time positions have been opened for cooks and kitchen workers.
