On 10 March 2026, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport held a meeting of the general management committee and technical sub-committee on implementation of the school feeding program using community agricultural products in Cambodia, with support from the Republic of Korea.
The meeting was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron at the ministry headquarters in Phnom Penh. Participants included ministry leadership, the Cambodia country director of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the Cambodia country director of the World Food Programme (WFP), and relevant ministry officials.
Background
The meeting was organized to review, discuss, and clarify the roles, duties, and responsibilities of members of the management committee and technical sub-committee, and to present progress in implementing the program under support provided by the Republic of Korea through KOICA in Cambodia.
The ministry also recalled that the school feeding program began in 1999 through cooperation with multiple development partners. It referred to the strategy for transferring the school feeding and scholarship programs to the Royal Government of Cambodia and noted the program’s multi-sector effects.
Key Points from the Meeting
The implementation update covered selected target schools in Kampong Chhnang, Pursat, Kampong Thom, Siem Reap, and Oddar Meanchey provinces.
According to the ministry, the support project focuses on student nutrition, kitchen infrastructure, student dining spaces, kitchen equipment, and capacity building for technical working groups at national and sub-national levels.
MoEYS stated that it has worked closely with WFP to implement the school feeding program for primary school-age children. In the 2025-2026 academic year, 1,114 primary schools were receiving benefits from the school feeding program using community agricultural products, of which 816 schools were implemented using the national budget and 298 schools were supported under other arrangements mentioned in the ministry’s update.
Official Source
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) Facebook post dated 10 March 2026.
