{"id":65357,"date":"2024-02-16T16:05:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T16:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means"},"modified":"2024-02-16T16:30:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T16:30:08","slug":"school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means","title":{"rendered":"School feeding programme budget rises to Rwf 90 billion: what it means"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>In an address to the joint plenary sitting of both chambers of Parliament on the progress report on post-Covid economic recovery initiatives, Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente announced an increase in the budget for the school feeding programme.<\/p>\n

The programme’s budget rose from Rwf 22.1 billion in the 2021\/22 fiscal year to an impressive Rwf 90 billion in the 2023\/2024 fiscal year.<\/p>\n

The progamme which initially catered for high school students experienced a significant transformation in 2021 to extend its reach to all levels in public schools and government-aided schools.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the implications of the budget increment, Charles Karakye, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC), clarified that the rise in the budget does not signify an increase in the government’s contribution.<\/p>\n

Instead, it reflects a surge in the number of beneficiaries. The government’s contribution, set at Rwf 56 per day per person, remains consistent, with parents covering the remaining costs.<\/p>\n

Karakye explained that the initial budget was due to the program’s limited coverage across various school levels, especially primary schools, which account for a substantial portion of the student population nationwide.<\/p>\n

Out of the four million students, over two million are primary pupils.<\/p>\n

Emphasizing the positive impact of the school-feeding programme, Karakye highlighted a decrease in dropouts, increased enrollment and attendance, improved quality of learning, and improved nutrition among other benefits.<\/p>\n

He stated that the growing budget is a reflection of the programme\u2019s success and the government’s commitment to extending its reach to cover all students nationwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to note that the mentioned Rwf 90 billion specifically pertains to food commodities, and the overall budget of the programme extends beyond this figure,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Karakye expressed the government’s dedication to continually strengthening the program, ensuring its comprehensive coverage and sustainable impact on the education sector.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. In an address to the joint plenary sitting of both chambers of Parliament on the progress report on post-Covid economic recovery initiatives, Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente announced an increase in the budget for the school feeding programme. The programme’s budget rose from Rwf 22.1 billion in the 2021\/22 fiscal year to an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":65356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,17],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-65357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nSchool feeding programme budget rises to Rwf 90 billion: what it means - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In an address to the joint plenary sitting of both chambers of Parliament on the progress report on post-Covid economic ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"School feeding programme budget rises to Rwf 90 billion: what it means\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In an address to the joint plenary sitting of both chambers of Parliament on the progress report on post-Covid economic ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-16T16:05:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-16T16:30:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/02\/sm_1708088370.641942.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"588\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"School feeding programme budget rises to Rwf 90 billion: what it means\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-16T16:05:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-16T16:30:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means\"},\"wordCount\":323,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/02\/sm_1708088370.641942.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Culture and Art\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means\",\"name\":\"School feeding programme budget rises to Rwf 90 billion: what it means - Rwanda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/02\/sm_1708088370.641942.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-16T16:05:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-16T16:30:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"In an address to the joint plenary sitting of both chambers of Parliament on the progress report on post-Covid economic ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/02\/sm_1708088370.641942.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/02\/sm_1708088370.641942.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":588,\"caption\":\"School feeding programme budget rises to Rwf 90 billion: what it means\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"School feeding programme budget rises to Rwf 90 billion: what it means\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\",\"name\":\"Rwanda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"School feeding programme budget rises to Rwf 90 billion: what it means - Rwanda","description":"In an address to the joint plenary sitting of both chambers of Parliament on the progress report on post-Covid economic ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"School feeding programme budget rises to Rwf 90 billion: what it means","og_description":"In an address to the joint plenary sitting of both chambers of Parliament on the progress report on post-Covid economic ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means","og_site_name":"Rwanda","article_published_time":"2024-02-16T16:05:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-16T16:30:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":588,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/02\/sm_1708088370.641942.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"School feeding programme budget rises to Rwf 90 billion: what it means","datePublished":"2024-02-16T16:05:25+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-16T16:30:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means"},"wordCount":323,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/02\/sm_1708088370.641942.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Rwanda","Rwanda"],"articleSection":["all news","Culture and Art"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means","name":"School feeding programme budget rises to Rwf 90 billion: what it means - Rwanda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/02\/sm_1708088370.641942.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-16T16:05:25+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-16T16:30:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"In an address to the joint plenary sitting of both chambers of Parliament on the progress report on post-Covid economic ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/02\/sm_1708088370.641942.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/02\/sm_1708088370.641942.jpg","width":1000,"height":588,"caption":"School feeding programme budget rises to Rwf 90 billion: what it means"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/school-feeding-programme-budget-rises-to-rwf-90-billion-what-it-means#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"School feeding programme budget rises to Rwf 90 billion: what it means"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/","name":"Rwanda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}