‘Please, sir, I want some more’: Chinese school caught feeding pupils nothing more than half a bowl of noodles
Outraged parent blows whistle after pupils were not given their promised meal of chicken, rice and vegetables
A primary school in central China has been caught scrimping on the meals it serves its pupils despite telling parents if was offering a nutritious spread every lunchtime.
After apparently receiving a tip-off, the father of one of the 300 children at the Dacao Primary School in Shangshui, Henan province shot a video that showed pupils were being given nothing more than half a bowl of plain noodles.
In contrast, the school lunch menu showed that they were meant to get 60g of chicken, at least three kinds of vegetables and rice every day, Thepaper.cn reported.
“There are no vegetables here at all, let alone any meat,” the angry parent could be heard saying in the video, which circulated widely online on Wednesday.
The two-minute clip caused outrage among parents, prompting the provincial education authorities to open an investigation into the matter and punish those responsible.
“Our county education authority sets the standard for the pupils’ lunch menu,” Shang Huaimin, who headed the central institution overseeing the school, told The Beijing News.
“The school’s canteens are usually operated by restaurant companies. They get the business by winning tenders held by the education authority.”
