The training was officially opened by SEAMEO Secretariat Director, Dr Ethel Agnes Pascua Valenzuela. Recognising the malnutrition status among Southeast Asian children due to unhealthy dietary behaviours, she stressed, in her keynote speech, the relevance of school canteen in improving student’s eating and sanitation habits and boosting their resiliency to diseases by providing healthy and sanitized food choices. She commended SEAMEO RECFON for organising the training as well as forging collaborations with SEAMEO Centres in five SEAMEO member countries to produce a reference material on Healthy School Canteen Effective Policies and Best Practices to facilitate teaching-learning of teachers and students on this matter.
“I wish that after this training, the participants would become agents of transformation in their respective schools to improve their school canteen services for better health and nutrition of their students,” she concluded.
The training consists of seven sessions on the following topics:
- Balanced nutrition and meal guide;
- Safe food preparation in school canteen;
- Introduction to Halal;
- Healthier options of food preparation; and
- Implementation and management of healthy school canteen.
Both synchronous and asynchonous methods will be used to deliver the sessions. Each school team is expected to turn in an action plan to improve their school canteen as a major requirement of completing the course.
The training team includes | |
---|---|
Dr Judhiastuty Februhartanty (SEAMEO RECFON) | Dr Dwi Nastiti Iswarawanti (SEAMEO RECFON) |
Evi Ermayani, MSc (SEAMEO RECFON) | Arienta Sudibya, MSc (SEAMEO RECFON) |
in collaboration with | |
Dr Ng Ai Kah (IMU) | Pn Mary Easaw, MSc (IMU). |