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CHAPTER . IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL CONTENT AND METHOD

In all the countries considered, a majority of schools at the elementary and

Secondary education levels provide some type of lunch services. Many schools are furnished with school cafeteria or lunchrooms and often the central and local governments provide financial support for the school services so that pupils may be served low cost lunches. Low-income families especially are given direct financial support according to their level of income.

In the United States, under the National School Lunch Law enacted in 1946,the Federal Government provides a considerable amount of assistance in the form of subsidies and the supply of materials to enable each school to serve food at low cost. Usually, schools in urban areas have their own cafeteria or lunchroom in which students select prepared foods and serve them.

In England and Wales the school lunch service has a long tradition. The Education Act of 1944 provides that local education authorities shall provide school lunch services for desirous primary and secondary school pupils. Accordingly, school lunch services are provided in most schools.

School lunch services are also provided in trance. It is to be noted that in France there is a 'semi-dormitory system', which provides both lunch and dinner for those primary and secondary school children whose homes are distant from school or whose mothers are employed outside the home.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, school lunch programs were started as an emergency measure to meet the serious lack of food immediately after World War . Today, however, the school lunch service is continued unrelated to its original purpose.

In the U.S.S.R., there are 'all day schools' and 'dormitory schools' which provide not only lunch but also refreshment and supper for those school children whose homes are distant from school or whose parents both work outside the home.