One-egg-a-day scheme improves pupils' diets
2011-05-31 01:17:05 GMT2011-05-31 09:17:05(Beijing Time)
China Daily
Students wait to get their free eggs for breakfast in the canteen at Shidian Central Primary School, Haiyuan, a town known for water scarcity and poor agriculture outputs, in Zhongwei city of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region on May 25, 2011. [Photo/CFP]
One-egg-a-day scheme improves pupils' dietsTwo students carry boiled eggs from the canteen to serve classmates at Shidian Central Primary School, Haiyuan town, Zhongwei city of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, May 25, 2011. [Photo/CFP]
A girl delivers an egg to her classmate at Shidian Central Primary School, Haiyuan town, Zhongwei city of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, May 25, 2011. [Photo/CFP]
A boy picks one egg from the free eggs on offer at Shidian Central Primary School, Haiyuan town, Zhongwei city of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, May 25, 2011. [Photo/CFP]
A boy eats an egg at Shidian Central Primary School, Haiyuan town, Zhongwei city of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, May 25, 2011. [Photo/CFP]
Shidian Central Primary School in Northwest China started a scheme to provide one egg a day to its 538 students with 8.22 million yuan ($1.26 million) fiscal support from local government this year.
Local government has allocated 46.88 million ($7.23 million) this year to expand the free-breakfast programme to benefit an estimated 375,000 students of rural primary schools in Haiyuan, a town known for water scarcity and poor agriculture outputs, in Zhongwei city of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region.
