“Nurturing learners is one of our priorities to help them study efficiently,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said. “We want to give our thanks to our partners for the implementation of the school-based feeding program despite the pandemic because we know that learners still need the food and milk packs,” she added.
Citing reports from field offices, DepEd said that there are three local manufacturers for the milk components while schools selected the suppliers of their food commodities for the SDO Rizal. The SDO Antipolo City, meanwhile, listed a total of three milk and five nutritious local food product suppliers.
During their three-day visit in Rizal Province, Santos also spearheaded the execution and the actual process from repacking up to the distribution of the nutritious food and milk to the learners’ parents.