Extra meals for 45,000 children

DENPASAR, Bali: More school meals have been allocated to improve the academic performance of 45,000 elementary school children in Bali.

I Made Supiarta of the provincial education office said over the weekend the supplementary food was provided under the Presidential Aid for Impoverished villages scheme.

Supiarta told Antara the program would make use of the area's root vegetables to supplement their existing diet. He called on mothers participating in the family welfare program (PKK) to help prepare the meals for their children to make the program a success.

He said the elementary school meals program, available in Java and Bali since last year, would be expanded to include all 27 provinces. (01)