Millions Of Elementary School Children In England Arrive With A Hungry Stomach, Government Urged To Prepare Free Food

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JAKARTA - Millions of British elementary school children arrived at school with hungry stomachs, or without uniforms or proper mantles. This was conveyed by the National Foundation for Education Research, quoted from the Mirror, Wednesday, June 5. Almost one of the three elementary school teachers said that more and more students came to the classroom in a state of hunger. Meanwhile, four out of 10 reported more young people coming to school without decent uniforms or winter mantles. The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) report is also surprising. As much as 79 percent of elementary schools and 62 percent of high school teachers spend their own money on their students or schools. At least 31 percent of elementary school teachers warn the number of children regularly coming to classrooms in a state of hunger has increased this year. Nearly one in five elementary school teachers provide food or clothing. The Mirror calls on the government to provide free school food for every elementary school student in the UK. NFER also called for free school food to be extended to ensure more students can benefit. The report found that one in four staff members paid at least £100 of their own money for students or their school year of this school. This questioned 884 teachers and 398 senior leaders at the UK's main primary and secondary schools in March. Many elementary schools cut spending on learning support and targeted resources to close the budget, the findings said. "It is troubling that a large number of small children arrive at school without the basic needs needed by anyone to study," said Pepe Di'iasio of the School Leaders and Higher Education Association. "The daily struggle against hunger and concerns about family finances greatly affect the children's ability to concentrate and learn during school days, ” Daniel Kebede, secretary general of the National Education Union.

The Conservative Party said, "Free school food has been extended to more groups of children than any government over the past half century-doubling the number of people receiving free school food since 2010 from a sixth to a third.”