School teachers call for better meals for students

PRIMARY school teachers have called on the Department of Social and Family Affairs to expand meal schemes in the country’s schools, citing improved concentration and behaviour as a payback.

In Britain, schools that took part in celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s campaign to rid canteens of junk food say they have recorded improvement in children’s academic performance and a drop in the number of fights between pupils.

Children are returning to afternoon lessons ready to learn having eaten a healthy lunch, schools in Greenwich, south London, said yesterday.