Jakarta (ANTARA) - Deputy Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN)\nAgustina Arumsari announced that 76 schools on the island of Java have\nbeen identified as no longer requiring the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG)\nprogramme, as they are considered capable of independently fulfilling\ntheir students\u2019 nutritional needs.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs of today, we have conducted data collection and have identified\n76 schools in Java for the time being (that will no longer receive\nMBG),\u201d Agustina Arumsari stated in Jakarta on Thursday.<\/p>\n
She noted that the data is still provisional and will be continuously\nupdated as the BGN improves data quality to support the policy of\nrefocusing MBG beneficiaries.<\/p>\n
Agustina explained that the budget previously allocated for these\nschools will be redirected to groups deemed to be in greater need of\ngovernment nutritional intervention. These priority groups include\nchildren in disadvantaged, frontier, and outermost (3T) regions,\npregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and toddlers.<\/p>\n
She stressed that the government will shift support to community\ngroups with higher nutritional vulnerability and more limited access to\nnutritional fulfilment. The BGN, she said, is continuing to update data\nby considering several indicators, such as nutritional vulnerability,\nsocio-economic conditions, and access to nutritional fulfilment. This\ndata will subsequently serve as the basis for determining priority\ntargets for MBG programme beneficiaries, so that government assistance\ncan be more accurately targeted.<\/p>\n
\u201cUltimately, we will truly be able to refocus the beneficiaries to\nthose Indonesian children who genuinely need nutritional intervention\nfrom the government,\u201d she said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/76-schools-in-java-to-be-excluded-from-free-nutritious-meal-programme-1781787435", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }