WITH schools now closed due to COVID-19 fears, Education Minister Jeff Lloyd said yesterday the Ministry will provide meal vouchers this month to students “who depend on schools for their meals.” “Parents, educators and all stakeholders, I’m to advise Mr Speaker that there exists in our educational system some 4,200 plus students who depend on schools for their meals,” he said in the House of Assembly yesterday. “As a consequence of school closure, those students are at significant risk. Therefore, beginning this month, the Ministry of Education will provide meal vouchers for students and invite parents to call and come to the school to collect such vouchers for their children. “The ministry will engage the vendors who now provide lunch to the various school campuses on a rotational basis for this purpose.

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