{"id":10688,"date":"2025-01-22T05:34:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T05:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=10688"},"modified":"2025-01-22T05:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T05:34:31","slug":"cabinet-approves-school-nutrition-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfmnewslk.com\/?p=10688","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet approves school nutrition program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">asianewsplusone.com sfmnewslk.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cabinet has approved the implementation of the government nutrition program to provide meals to school children in the year 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, the \u201cSchool Food Program\u201d is being implemented in 8,956 schools in 100 education zones of the island, covering a total of 1.4 million students, including students in grades 1-5 of all government schools, all students in schools with less than 100 students, students in 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