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Standard Project Report 2016
With the non-distribution of the general distribution allocation, the actual distribution figure only reflects the rice
distribution for school meals (82 percent reached) and the overachievement for food for assets food activities (290
percent). As for the stunting prevention programme resource constraints were more consequential and resulted in
the inability to procure nutrition commodities, posting the lowest distribution against the planned.
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Strategic Objective:
Support or restore food security and nutrition and establish or rebuild livelihoods in fragile settings and following
emergencies (SO2)
Outcome:
Improved access to assets and/or basic services, including community and market infrastructure; capacity
developed to address national food insecurity needs
Activities:
On-site school meals and food assistance for assets (in Maguindanao, Lanao Del Norte, and Lanao Del Sur)
Increase in enrolment rate of both primary and pre-school students can be observed in the areas supported by
WFP. This is in contrast to the national result in which the enrolment rates have decreased over the past years for
primary level from 95.9 percent in the 2010-2011 school year to 91.05 percent only in the 2015-2016 school year.
An initiative from the new government officials elected in May 2016 was to issue an executive order to the
Department of Education (DepEd) schools to ensure that the number of enrolees should be based on the actual
number of pupils enroled. Adjustment on the number of students as part of data clean up and correction within
DepEd and schools resulted in a relatively high increase in enrolment rates as some schools with low enrolment
data in the previous year were corrected this year.
The enrolment rate for primary schools also increased, which is a good indication that the school feeding
programme had a positive effect. Continued armed conflict and rido (clan wars) in some intervention areas were a
challenge for the security of the children and some families opted to transfer habitual residences. Armed conflict in
Butig disrupted the classes of students and affected the neighbouring barangays in Lumbayanague and Masiu.
Classrooms are usually used as evacuation centres during human-induced and natural disasters.
Retention rates have already exceeded the target for both primary boys and girls. The results have been consistent
since the previous PRRO 200296. Although some schools are far from the students’ residence, students still go to
schools as they value the importance of education. The school meals helped address short-term hunger as almost
20 percent of the parents interviewed revealed that their child goes to school without having breakfast.
The 2015 school assessment revealed that because of the school meals, students felt more attentive and focused
in class. The result of the recent monitoring conducted mirrored this and showed that parents noticed improvement
in school performance since the start of school meals. WFP, together with DepEd and National Nutrition Council,
are developing menus to further improve the school meals programme and to provide guidance to the parents to
prepare a more nutritious meal.
Although the National Capacity Index (NCI) for school meals has not yet been measured, there is an on-going
discussion with the DepEd on the methodology and process in the conduct of the assessment of school meals
policy utilizing the Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER). Additionally, with the introduction of
the Corporate Results Framework, the country office decided to wait for the rollout of the new guidance in line with
the Country Strategy Plan. The DepEd and WFP