Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je recently said in public that in order to raise the quality of school lunches, the school lunch fee will be increased by NT$10, which has sparked public debate. According to media reports, Ko put junior high schools and elementary schools on alert, saying that after the Lunar New Year, he will visit schools unannounced to sample student meals in order to judge the quality before deciding if the lunch fee should be lowered.
Ko said an increase of NT$10 would be a policy consideration, not a means to take money out of parents’ pockets. The city’s Department of Education also said the payment for school lunches might come from a variety of sources, such as corporate fundraising, donations by parent associations, the government budget and user charges. It is estimated that by the end of March, Taipei City Government will formulate a school implementation strategy to function as a reference for schools when they issue tenders for the provision of school lunches for the new academic year.
(Liberty Times, translated by Ethan Zhan)
Photo: Lin Meng-ting, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者林孟婷
台北市長柯文哲日前曾公開表示,為了提高營養午餐品質,將提高營養午餐費十元,引發外界討論。媒體報導,柯文哲對國中、國小放話說,年後將會突襲中小學,到現場試吃,看午餐品質好不好,再來決定是否要調降餐費。
柯文哲日前說,漲價十元,是政策思考,不是要跟家長多拿錢。教育局也表示,經費來源包括企業募款、家長會捐款、政府編列預算及使用者付費等,都有可能,預計在3月底前,訂定學校執行策略,以提供各校新學年度午餐招標參考。
(自由時報)
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