As part of the initiative of First Lady Olena Zelenska, an information portal will be created to modernize the school nutrition system. The portal will contain all the key information, training materials, tips on reform, etc.
Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – March 23, 2021 – Education
The main task of the platform is to inform managers, teachers, and parents about changes in the nutrition system and best practices in the organization of nutrition in educational institutions.
“Communicating with educators and receiving feedback from parents, we saw the need to create a single platform that will contain all the key information about the reform and will be useful for both educators and parents. We plan to launch the basic version of the portal this summer, “said the First Lady.
According to the President’s wife, the portal provides sections with a recommended menu for schools and technological cards of cooking, a separate section on nutrition for children with special dietary needs, and video instructions on various topics, including “Modern forms of school nutrition”, “Implementation of HACCP”, “On procurement”. In addition, the online platform is planned to help gather useful information on healthy eating, the role of a varied diet, and the risks of unhealthy eating and obesity.
“This site can become a major platform for school nutrition reform and healthy eating communications across the country. Since the formation of norms of behavior is a long process, we will now begin with a change in perception and awareness. UNICEF, together with IT company SoftServe, supports the creation of such an important resource that will promote the development of healthy eating habits in children and parents, “said Lotta Silvander, Head of UNICEF Ukraine.
The Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine, the State Food and Consumer Service, experts of the Reform Support Team of the Ministry of Education and Science, the Center for Public Health of Ukraine, the Swiss-Ukrainian project », Association of Nutritionists of Ukraine, a team of Yevhen Klopotenko. UNICEF Children’s Fund and the Swiss-Ukrainian DECIDE project will also provide substantive and technical expertise for the project. SoftServe will act as an IT partner.
“The creation of a single platform will help disseminate information on the reform of the school nutrition system, as well as deepen knowledge of cultural issues and the basic principles of healthy eating. This initiative is very important because thanks to the platform we will also be able to provide feedback to employees who are involved in the organization of food in general secondary education institutions, “said Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Serhiy Shkarlet.
It will be recalled that in 2019, at the initiative of Olena Zelenska, the school nutrition system was reformed. 2020 was dedicated to changing laws and regulations. In particular, the updated Sanitary Regulations and new hygienic requirements for food production and circulation at facilities located in general secondary education institutions were approved, methodological recommendations for procurement and guidelines for the use of the system of hazard analysis and control at critical points (HACCP) were developed. . In addition, last year, for the first time, a state subvention was allocated for the purchase of equipment and modernization of food units in 1,908 schools.
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Source: Ukrgate