SCHOOL MEAL/FEEDING PROGR AM (S ) MEALS/SNACKS/MODALIT Y REPUBLIC OF

Malta
School year: 2020–2021 4 Breakfast 4 Snacks
Lunch Take-home rations
• Breakfast Club for Primary State School Children Dinner Other
• EU School Scheme (School Scheme for Fruits & Vegetables
and School Milk Scheme) 4 Grains, cereals Green, leafy vegetables
Roots, tubers 4 Other vegetables
Lead Agency: Logistics Unit, Strategy & Support Department,
4 Legumes, pulses, nuts 4 Fruits
Ministry of Education
4 Dairy products Oil
NATIONAL L AWS, POLICIES, 4 Eggs Salt
Meat Sugar
AND STANDARDS
Poultry
4 National school feeding policy Fish
Nutrition
Food safety 4 Dairy milk Tea
Health 4 Yogurt drink 4 Water
Agriculture Fruit juice Other
SCHOOL MEAL PROGR AMS
Private sector involvement
Prohibited food items: Foods that are high in sugar or fat, food with
common food allergies.
Line item in the national budget… CHILDREN RECEIVING FOOD, 2020–2021
4 Yes No No response FOOD SOURCES # Receiving
School level Total # Enrolled
4 Purchased (domestic) food
In-kind (domestic)
BUDGET Purchased (foreign) In-kind (foreign) Pre-school 9,843 8,526 —
Total: USD 976,536* 88% Primary school 26,967 26,967 21,162
Secondary school 21,756 21,756 0
n Government: USD 857,469 COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES Total 58,566 57,249 21,162
n International donors**: 4 Handwashing with soap Hearing testing/treatment
USD 119,067 4 Height measurement 4 Dental cleaning/testing
12% 40,000
n Private sector: USD 0 4 Weight measurement Menstrual hygiene

NUMBER STUDENTS
35,000

RECEIVING FOOD
Testing for anemia Drinking water 30,000
n Other donors: USD 0
Deworming treatment Water purification 25,000
Includes funding from the United States Department Eye testing/eyeglasses 20,000
of Agriculture Yes 4 No No response 15,000
COMPLEMENTARY EDUC ATION PROGR AMS 10,000
*External support for the EU School Scheme comes from European Union 4 Food and nutrition 4 Health 5,000
Common Agricultural Policy.”
4 Agriculture Reproductive health 0
**International donations by United Nations agencies or non-governmental 3 years prior 1 year prior 2020-2021
organizations often represent funding from multiple donors. School gardens HIV prevention
4 Hygiene 4 Physical education
The checked items were provided in most or all participating schools.
INFR A STRUCTURE COV ER AGE:
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
All schools in Malta have electricity, clean and piped water, SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN 43%
and flush toilets. Meals for the Breakfast Club used to
be prepared at school, though because of the COVID-19 Total number primary and
pandemic, the meals were prepared off-site in private secondary school-age
facilities (i.e., by caterers) in the 2020–2021 school year. children: 48,723
Receiving school food:
n 21,162
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4 Pre-schools Vocational/trade schools
None
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NUTRITION AGRICULTURE, EMPLOYMENT, SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES
School feeding program(s) included/involved the following:
AND COMMUNIT Y PARTICIPATION Among the recent successes of school feeding in Malta,
Jobs created by school feeding programs* children have been taught about nutrition from an early age,
Fortified foods and there has been greater interaction between children and
Bio-fortified foods Cooks and food preparers the school feeding programs. The Breakfast Club, in particular,
Micronutrient supplements Transporters has been able to support parents who are both in employment
4 Nutritionists involved Off-site processors or full-time students. There were no concerns about corruption
4 Special training for cooks/caterers in nutrition or mismanagement in school feeding programs in Malta.
Food packagers and handlers
4 Objective to meet nutritional goals
Objective to reduce obesity Monitoring
Food service management EMERGENCIES/COVID -19 PANDEMIC
Food items fortified/biofortified: Safety and quality inspectors
Not applicable Schools in Malta were open throughout the 2020–2021
Other school year, with the exception of a few weeks in March 2021.
Micronutrients: *If blank, no response was provided. However, some of the complementary programs that are
Not applicable normally offered to students, such as dental cleanings and
Farmers were involved with the school feeding program(s)... height and weight measurement, were not offered in the
2020–2021 school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
4 Yes No No response
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Overall, the number of students who received food through the
Breakfast Club increased in response to the COVID-19 crisis,
Nutritionists at the Ministry of Health were engaged in school Other private sector (for profit) actors were involved...
and the meals were served at school in a very different way
feeding in Malta. Nutritional requirements for food baskets for than before (e.g., fewer children eating together at the same
4 Yes No No response
school feeding programs were aimed at preventing or mitigating time). However, the pandemic did bring an interruption to the
overweight/obesity. School Scheme for Fruits & Vegetables, such that only the
There was a focus on creating jobs or leadership or income-
generating opportunities for... School Milk Scheme operated in the 2020–2021 school year.

STUDIES CONDUCTED Women 4 Other groups

Youth No response
Not reported
There was community engagement (by parents or others) in
the school feeding program(s)…
RESEARCH NEEDED 4 Yes No No response
Not reported
Were there links between food banks and the school feeding
program(s)?

Yes 4 No There are no food banks in this country.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
All foods for school feeding programs were procured locally,
and milk for the School Milk Scheme was procured from a local
cooperative of dairy farmers. The private sector was engaged in
food trading and transport, catering, and the provision of utensils.
Educators employed in state primary schools were remunerated
for supervision duties for the Breakfast Club, which operates before
the school day begins.

CONTACTS: MALTA
Agency: Ministry of Education
Website: www.education.gov.mt;
www.publicservice.gov.mt
G C N F G L O B A L S U R V E Y 2021
 BREAKFAST CLUB FOR EU SCHOOL SCHEME
PRIMARY STATE SCHOOL CHILDREN (SCHOOL SCHEME FOR FRUIT & VEGETABLES
Lead implementer(s): Logistics Unit, Strategy & Support Department, AND SCHOOL MILK SCHEME)
Ministry of Education
Lead implementer(s): Agriculture & Rural Payments Agency (ARPA)

OBJECTIVES:
• To meet nutritional and/or health goals OBJECTIVES:
• To meet educational goals

MODALITIES OF PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH FOOD:

• In-school meals MODALITIES OF PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH FOOD:
• In-school snacks

FREQUENC Y AND DUR ATION:

• 5 days per week during the school year FREQUENC Y AND DUR ATION:
• 1 time per week during the school year

TARGETING:
Targeted towards primary school students in state schools with both TARGETING:
parents employed and/or full-time students. All state and non-state primary schools are eligible to participate.
Parents/guardians of participating children assist in the redemption
of milk vouchers.
HOW MANY STUDENTS RECEIVED SCHOOL FOOD
Program report: Malta

IN 2020–2021 SCHOOL YE AR?

HOW MANY STUDENTS RECEIVED SCHOOL FOOD
School level # Students % Girls % Boys IN 2020–2021 SCHOOL YE AR?
Pre-school 0 — — School level # Students % Girls % Boys
Primary school 7,162 — —
Pre-school Yes* — —
Secondary school 0 — —
Primary school Yes* — —
Total 7,162 — — Secondary school 0 — —
Total 14,000 — —
All data from the 2020–2021 school year

FOOD AND BE VER AGE ITEMS: *Number is unknown.

Grains, cereals Eggs Dairy milk
Legumes, pulses, nuts Other vegetables Yogurt drink FOOD AND BE VER AGE ITEMS:
Dairy products Fruits Water
Dairy milk
* fortified
* fortified

FOOD SOURCES: FOOD SOURCES:

100% Purchased (domestic) 0% In-kind (domestic)
100% Purchased (domestic) 0% In-kind (domestic)
0% Purchased (foreign) 0% In-kind (foreign)
0% IPurchased (foreign) 0% IIn-kind (foreign)
If blank, no response was provided.
If blank, no response was provided.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The Breakfast Club began operating in 2014 and operated in 71 public
In this program, vouchers are provided to participating children, to be
primary schools in the 2020–2021 school year.
exchanged for one milk portion per week. The goal is to incentivize
healthy eating habits from a young age. The School Milk Scheme hopes to
reach 20,000 students in the 2021–2022 school year.