The National Schools Dietary Services narrow (NSDSL) was incorporated as a narrow liability company by Cabinet occult No. 943 of May 16, 2002 to manage the School Nutrition Programme (SNP) on behalf of the Ministry of Education (MoE). The NSDSL reports to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) with the Ministry of Education (MoE) as the line Ministry. As a state-owned enterprise, the NSDSL falls under the scrutiny of the Deliberate Accounts Enterprises Committee (PAEC) of Parliament. The NSDSL furthermore partners with Proper stakeholders such as the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries (MoALF) as uprightly as the National verdant Marketing and Development Corporation (NAMDEVCO) in delivering its services.
When the SNP is in voluminous operation, approximately fifty-four thousand (54,000) breakfast meals and approximately seventy-nine thousand (79,000) lunches are provided daily to students at over 800 schools. The service is delivered by sixty-eight (68) contracted caterers located throughout Trinidad.
The objectives of the Programme are:
- To provide as a weekly average of approximately one-quarter and one-third of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDAs) of nutrients for the child through breakfast and lunch respectively.
- To contribute to the improvement of the nutritional status of the child and to enhance learning ability.
- To further stimulate the verdant sector by utilizing local anticipation wherever Docile in the meal plan
These objectives are achieved through diverse strategies, for example:
- Structured menu planning and implementation;
- Strict adherence to food safety guidelines;
- Continuous training;
- Research;
- Nutrition outreach activities;
- Collaboration with Proper Stakeholders
The NSDSL is an agency of the MoE that interacts instantly with both students and parents to promoting healthy eating among school communities. The MoE furthermore delivers some nutrition education through its Health and Family Life Education curricula. The NSDSL furthermore has worked in the Obsolete with the MoE on the development of nutrition education television programmes to deliver components on the Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) curricula.
