North Jeolla Province Education Office to Hold Briefing Session on School Meals Basic Direction for 2026

Jeonbuk Education Office is pushing for school meals by 2026 with the goal of 'health-customized education meals, trusted safe meals, and communicative and cooperative fellowship meals.'

On the 20th, Jeonbuk Education Office held a '2026 School Meals Basic Direction Explanation Session' at the Changjo Narae Audiovisual Room, targeting meal managers from daycare centers, elementary, middle, high schools, and special schools, to guide them on the main policy directions.

This year's basic directions focus on ▲ establishing a safe meal environment ▲ supporting healthy meals ▲ realizing happy nutrition and dietary education.

To create a safe meal environment, they will continue to improve the meal service environment beyond the HACCP facility standards, and promote ventilation facility improvement projects to enhance the working environment of meal service staff and secure their health rights.

For supporting healthy meals, they will promote the purchase of environmentally friendly high-quality food ingredients, operation of schools practicing low-carbon vegetarian days, development and dissemination of regional diet recipes, and expansion of alternative diets for food allergies.

Moreover, they plan to enhance students' self-health management capabilities through various nutrition and dietary education programs linked to school ecology and environmental education, and personalized nutrition counseling programs.

Kang Yang-won, the head of the Department of Culture, Art, and Health at Jeonbuk Education Office, stated, "Happy and sustainable school meals are crucial for shaping children's healthy dietary habits," and expressed, "We will provide safe and high-quality meals through active communication with educational stakeholders."