NATIONAL SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMME

TRIALOGUE’S MAKING CSI MATTER CONFERENCE

WANDERERS CLUB , 03 June 2014

NSNP Background

• 1994, introduced by former President, Mr Nelson Mandela as part of RDP

• 2004, transferred to the Department of Education and renamed the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP), following intense review

• Targets primary and secondary schools in quintiles 1 - 3.

• Funded through Conditional Grant in accordance with Division of Revenue Act (DORA), 97% for meals

• Action Plan 2014 , Towards Schooling 2025 -poverty reduction interventions (Goal 25)

• Care and Support for Teaching and learning (CSTL) - schools as inclusive centres of learning, has potential to provide a safety for children as they become protected

CARE AND SUPPORT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

CARE

Three (3) key objectives

SCHOOL FEEDING

To contribute to teaching and learning by working with provinces and districts in

providing nutritious meals

2.NUTRITION EDUCATION To strengthen nutrition education for school communities to

promote healthy life styles

3.Sustainable Food Production in Schools

To promote sustainable food gardens in schools to develop skills

DBE/TBF PARTNERSHIP

Objectives of the Partnership

• To provide Breakfast Programme in a certain number of identified schools are supported to provide cereal meals to complement the main NSNP lunch meal

• To support education programme to ensure quality and success in teaching and learning

• Tiger Brands Foundation sponsored the various projects to the total value of over R11 million.

Partnership Process

Pilot project

Draft formal proposal

Draft MoA with Legal

services/unit

Pilot Project Report

Roll out Implementation

Approach Department Basic Education

Interest to contribute

through CSI

07 November 2011

Signing of MoA between partners

Continuous project meetings

Identification of

Departmental needs

Consultation with Provinces, Districts and Circuits

Compile and finalise

needs and send to TBF

Activities undertaken 2011 pilot

Breakfast in 6 schools in Alexandra,

GP

November 2011 MOA

signed

2011 Kitchen

containers in Alexandra,

GP

Human Resource

training, VFH, additional

stipend

2011/12 Research on nutritional

benefits in urban area Alexandra, GP

2012- Mobenzi

established (cell phone monitoring

technology

Job creation (appointment of

provincial coordinators)

2011/12 and 2012/13

sponsored NSNP Best Schools

Awards

2011-2014 Expanded Breakfast to 6

Provinces (EC,GP,LP,KZN,MP

and WC)

Improve infrastructure (Kitchen container/built kitchens) in 19 schools

2014-follow up research on nutritional benefits in

rural area EC

Department of Basic Education and Tiger Brands

Foundation (TBF) Partnership

Successes and Challenges Challenges

• unsustainable project/once off partners not ideal

• Once off project/donor does not ensure success

• High expectations to promote brand through government/political endorsement

• Unclear time frames of project

• Lengthy process of approval (MoA)

Successes/Impact • Breakfast & lunch (2 meals)

• Punctuality, school attendance, concentration

• Hygienic kitchen facilities/utensils

• Top-up on stipend for volunteers

• job creation and economic development: SMMEs

• Capacity building > training workshops on financial management (school management)

• Innovative monitoring system (Mobenzi)

• Stakeholder Forum > a platform for other partners to support DBE.

• Best Practice Awards (sponsored prizes)

• Research on nutrition outcomes

• Annual Reports

Areas for improvement in the NSNP

Backlogs with eating utensils

Mzilikazi Primary, MP Free State

Learners served in lunch boxes Eating utensils for learners

Develop school gardens

KanyeKanye High, KZN Mooki lobelo Primary, NC

Un-kept school garden Productive school garden

Protective clothes

Paul Pietersburg Primary, KZN B. A. Seobi Secondary, NW

Volunteer Food Handlers without aprons

Volunteer Food Handlers with protective gear

Gas Safety

Iqhawe Lesizwe Primary, KZN Bilanyoni Primary, KZN

Unsafe gas usage to prepare meals Safe gas (caged) outside the cooking

area

Kitchens

Tshinavhe Secondary, Limpopo B. A. Seobi Secondary, NW

A shack serves as kitchen Fully built kitchen

Storage

Mokasa Primary, NW Percy Mdala High, WC

Storeroom with ventilation Clerical office as storage

Serving learners in dignity

Botoka Comprehensive school, NW

Kimberly Training Centre, NC

Unhygienic and chaotic eating outside Learners eating in classroom

NSNP Publications

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