(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat -
Muscat Municipal Council (MMC) is considering a proposal to establish central kitchens that will provide healthy meals at affordable rates to students in government schools. This was discussed by the Health, Social and Environmental Affairs Committee of the Municipal Council of Muscat Governorate under its chairperson Dr Fatima bint Mohammed al Ajamiya.
The proposal, mooted by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Directorate General of Health Affairs in Muscat Municipality, aims at offering healthy and nutritious meals in cafeterias. It will also improve the mechanism of inspection of food offered in schools.
As part of a pilot project, a school will be selected to establish the main kitchen which will be in the vicinity of other schools, meeting the health standards approved by the Directorate General of Health Affairs in Muscat Municipality.
According to an MMC official, the kitchen will prepare meals and then distribute them to schools in the vicinity to be sold at a price affordable to students.
Members of the committee welcomed the proposal because of its positive impact at many levels, the most important of which is related to the health of students.
'This will entail the possibility of entrusting the private sector with the responsibility of establishing these kitchens as per approved health standards,' the official said.
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